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Published on: October 13, 2015
Age-dependent expression of abdominal symptoms in patients with Yersinia enterocolitica infection
1Department of Pediatrics, Oji General Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan. akira.ehara@nifty.ne.jp
Background:
The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between the expression of abdominal symptoms and the age of patients with Yersinia enterocolitica infections.
Methods:
Twenty-four patients with positive fecal cultures of Yersinia enterocolitica participated in the present study. The abdominal symptoms were taken from medical records. Statistical analysis was performed by Mann-Whitney U-test.
Results:
Patients with diarrhea were younger than those without diarrhea (P = 0.014). Older children had abdominal pain or irritability more frequently than younger children (P = 0.004).
Conclusions:
In Yersinia enterocolitica infections, younger children are predisposed to diarrhea and older children are predisposed to abdominal pain.
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