Isolation of species of Yersinia from patients with gastroenteritis in Nigeria

1 Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, PMB 12003, Lagos, Nigeria Received December 30, 1981 Accepted July 21, 1982 SUMMARY. From patients in Nigeria with acute gastroenteritis, strains of Yersinia were isolated from 14 (1·3%) of 1082 specimens of faeces examined specifically for yersiniae by direct plating and after cold enrichment. Clinical significance was ascribed to six isolates of Y. enterocolitica (serotypes 03, 05,27 and 09) but not to seven isolates of Y. intermedia or one isolate of Y. frederikseni .