[Enteritis due to yersinia enterocolitica in children (author's transl)]

1922 stool specimens of children aged less than 14 years were screened for enteropathogenic bacteria over the past two years. In 24 cases Yersinia enterocolitica serovar 03 and 09, respectively, was identified. 16 of them suffered from acute gastroenteritis, 8 showed symptoms of pseudoappendicitis. All patients exhibited high agglutinin titers against the respective reference strains which were maintained for up to 4 months. All isolated strains had identical sensitivity patterns against the chemotherapeutics tested. Other enteropathogenic bacteria isolated at the same time are mentioned.