In septicemic plague the bloodstream is so invaded by Yersinia that, in untreated cases, death can ensue even before the bubonic or pneumonic forms have had time to appear. |
Yersinia species are also members of the Enterobacteriacea, and are capable of psychrotrophic growth. |
Yersinia infection most often occurs from eating raw or undercooked pork products, such as chitterlings. |
It may harbor a multitude of potentially dangerous bacteria, such as campylobacter, E coli, listeria, salmonella, yersinia, and brucella. |
No, not Ebola, but rather infection with the dreaded bacterium, Yersinia pestis. |
The ancestor of the plague-causing bacterium Yersinia pestis causes mild stomach disease. |