Stool: Yersinia enterocolitica – Shipped May 16, 2016
HISTORY
A simulated stool sample collected from a 25 year old patient who developed diarrhea while visiting Vancouver and reports joint pain 2 weeks later. The sample was sent to category A and B laboratories.
Participants were expected to isolate and identify Yersinia enterocolitica and report the organism to public health (PH) authorities.
MAIN EDUCATIONAL POINTS from M161-3
- Reports should indicate which pathogens were sought, even if not detected. The report of Yersinia enterocolitica should include also a statement that “No Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Aeromonas or Vibrio species were isolated”.
- Yersiniosis, caused by Y. enterocolitica or Y. pseudotuberculosis, is a notifiable disease in most jurisdictions in Canada, but is not nationally notifiable.
CMPT is a program of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.