Invasive Yersinia infection

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Al Maskari, Nawal | Al Fawaz, Tariq Saleh | Al Mazrou, Abdulrahman | Al Shahrani, Dayel | Al Shehri, Mohammed

Affiliations: Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section, Children Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Note: [] Correspondence: Dr. Tariq Saleh Al Fawaz, Consultant Pediatric Infectious Disease, Children's Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, P.O. Box 59046, Riyadh 11525, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel.: +966 1 288 9999 ext. 2652; Fax: +966 1 288 9999 ext. 2205; E- mail: T_alfawaz@yahoo.com

Abstract: We report a case of Invasive Yersinia infection in an immunocompetent child. The patient had a mass in the peripancreatic region with multiple low attenuation lesions in the liver and bilateral kidneys.

Keywords: Yersinia, yersiniosis, hepatosplenomegaly, invasive Yersinia

DOI: 10.3233/JPI-120355

Journal: Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 123-125, 2012