| surgical aspects of an outbreak of yersinia enterocolitis. | eleven patients with yersinia enterocolitica infections were identified in the upper valley of new hampshire and vermont during october and november of 1995. three children presented with an appendicitis-like picture. two underwent appendectomy, one of whom was the outbreak's index case. both appendectomy patients presented with lower abdominal pain, fever, vomiting, and a right lower quadrant mass associated with leukocytosis. both had terminal ileitis, and in both, cultures of peritoneal fluid ... | 1998 | 9391192 |
| an outbreak of yersinia enterocolitica o:8 infections associated with pasteurized milk. | in october 1995, an outbreak of yersinia enterocolitica o:8 infections occurred in the upper valley of vermont and new hampshire. ten patients were identified, median age 9 years (range, 6 months-44 years). three patients were hospitalized; 1 underwent an appendectomy. consumption of bottled pasteurized milk from a local dairy was associated with illness (matched odds ratio undefined; lower 95% confidence interval, 1.9). no deficiencies in pasteurization procedures or equipment were detected. y. ... | 2000 | 10823796 |