Two Cases of Yersinia Pseudotuberculosis Infection with Acute Renal Failure in Pusan Province

Kim, Seong-Hoon; Yu, Whang-Jae; Park, Su-En; Park, Jae-Hong; Kim, Su-Yung

J Korean Soc Pediatr Nephrol > Volume 2(2); 1998 > Article

J Korean Soc Pediatr Nephrol 1998;2(2): 187-191.

부산지역에서 발생한 Yersinia Pseudotuberculosis 감염에 의한 급성 신부전 2례

김성훈, 유황재, 박수은, 박재홍, 김수영

¹부산대학교병원 소아과학교실
²부산대학교병원 소아과학교실
³부산대학교병원 소아과학교실
⁴부산대학교병원 소아과학교실
⁵부산대학교병원 소아과학교실

Two Cases of Yersinia Pseudotuberculosis Infection with Acute Renal Failure in Pusan Province

Seong-Hoon Kim, Whang-Jae Yu, Su-En Park, Jae-Hong Park, Su-Yung Kim

¹Department Pediatrics, Pusan National University, College of Medicine
²Department Pediatrics, Pusan National University, College of Medicine
³Department Pediatrics, Pusan National University, College of Medicine
⁴Department Pediatrics, Pusan National University, College of Medicine
⁵Department Pediatrics, Pusan National University, College of Medicine

ABSTRACT

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, a gram-negative coccobacillus, is a member of the enterobacteriaceae family, and the illness has fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea, mesenteric lymphadenitis, terminal ileitis, arthropathy, erythema nodosum. Specially in children, it is known as an important cause of acute renal failure due to acute tubulointerstitial nephritis. It has been recognized in a worldwide distribution. For the first time, the cases of acute renal failure caused by this organism were reported in Japan in 1980's. In Korea, the first case accompanying with ARF was reported in 1988. Since that, many cases have been reported in Seoul area, but no case in other places. So we report 2 cases of Y.P. infection accompanying with ARF in Pusan area, for the first time in other place than Seoul area.

Key words: Yersinia pseudotuberculosis | ARF | Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis