TY - JOUR AU - Paglia, Maria Grazia AU - D'Arezzo, Silvia AU - Festa, Anna AU - Del Borgo, Cosmo AU - Loiacono, Laura AU - Antinori, Andrea AU - Antonucci, Giorgio AU - Visca, Paolo T1 - Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Septicemia and HIV T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2005 VL - 11 IS - 7 SP - 1128 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Two cases of community-acquired septicemia caused by serotype-O1 Yersinia pseudotuberculosis were diagnosed in middle-aged, HIV-positive, immunodeficient patients during an 8-month period. Bacterial isolates were genetically indistinguishable, but no epidemiologic link between the 2 patients was established. HIV-related immunosuppression should be regarded as a risk factor for Y. pseudotuberculosis septicemia. KW - Keywords: Opportunistic infection KW - HIV KW - Yersinia pseudotuberculosis KW - Molcular epidemiology KW - Immunosuppression KW - Italy DO - 10.3201/eid1107.041268 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/7/04-1268_article ER - End of Reference