Abstract

RODRIGUEZ FERNANDEZ, Olga María; SANCHEN CASAS, Alexis; HERNANDEZ CISNERO, Raquel Idania  and  CORDERO RODRIGUEZ, Magaly. Yersinia enterocolitica: two cases report in children with acute diarrheic disease. AMC [online]. 2007, vol.11, n.2. ISSN 1025-0255.

By the infrequent isolation of Yersinia enterocolitica as one of the causal agents of acute diarrheic disease(EDA), two cases are presented, the first one, a boy of four years old entered at '' Dr. Eduardo Agramonte Piña '' Educational Provincial Paediatric Hospital  in November 2005 and the second, another boy of eight months of age attended in the emergency room, in February 2006. Both presented abundant liquids diarrheas with blood and pus, one of them had associated a pulmonary inflammatory respiratory process and more than 50 polymorphonuclear leukocytes in its feces. In the microbiology laboratory the coproculture samples according to the techniques established, were processed. Both patients Yersinia enterocolitica was isolated, to the hospitalized patient was administered him ceftriaxone (rocefìn) by intramuscular via and the ambulatory one, nalidixic acid.  They evolved satisfactorily and they were cured. The detection of Yersinia enterocolitica in so brief period of time and the presence of the probable sources of infection, orients to think about the need to lend attention to this bacteria to determine its circulation in the province and to avoid future complications in the cases with EDA.

Keywords : child; yersinia enterolitica; dirrhea infantile.