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Yersinia enterocolitica occurs as mintage of rod-shaped bacterium, belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae.

It produces entero-colitis, fever, mesenteric adenitis, erythema nodosum and acute terminal ileitis. These are normally confused by having appendicitis or Crohn's disease. Contagions come occasionally followed by arthritis.

A genus Yersinia is named for Alexandre Emile John Yersin, a Swiss bacteriologist.

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