Table of Contents

1. Classification of Yersinia enterocolitica 2. Isolation Techniques for Yersinia enterocolitica 3. Yersinia enterocolitica: An Approach to Laboratory Indentification with Reference to Deoxyribonucleic Acid Hybridization Groups and Biochemical Characteristics 4. Microbiological Aspects of Yersinia Pseudotuberculosis 5. Antigens of Yersinia enterocolitica 6. Antibiotic Resistance in Yersinia enterocolitica 7. Human Yersinia enterocolitica Infection: Laboratory Models 8. Yersinia enterocolitica: Clinical Observations 9. Yersinia enterocolitica Gastroenteritis in Children and Their Families 10. Yersinia enteritis and Crohn's Disease 11. Arthritis Associated with Yersinia enterocolitica Infection 12. Erythema Nodosum Associated with Infection with Yersinia enterocolitica 13. The Occurrence of Antibodies to Ywersinia entercolitica in Thyroid Diseases 14. Zoonotic Yersinia enterocolitica Infection: Host Rage, Clinical Manifestations, and Transmission Between Animals and Man 15. The Occurence of Yersinia enterocolitica in Foods 16. Epidemiological Aspects of Yersinia enterocolitica in New York State with Emphasis on a Recent Food-Borne Outbreak 17. Yersinia entercolitica in South Africa 18. Epidemiologic Aspects of Yersiniosis in Japan