People can contract a Yersinia
enterocolitica infection from contaminated meat, poultry, dairy products, and seafood (especially oysters).
Bioinformatics support the possible triggering of autoimmune thyroid diseases by Yersinia
enterocolitica outer membrane proteins homologous to the human thyrotropin receptor.
Although salmonella and E. coli usually steal the spotlight, Y.
enterocolitica sickens about 100,000 Americans a year, commonly children.
According to the CDC, common symptoms in children infected with Y.
enterocolitica include «fever, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, which is often bloody.
Everyday products available in grocery shops, such as raw and grilled pork, as well as milk, were inoculated with
Y. enterocolitica.
Antibodies against the gram negative enteric bacterium
Yersinia enterocolitica have been found in a high proportion of persons with autoimmune thyroid disorders, especially in those with Graves» disease or hyperthyroidism (Shenkman & Bottone, 1981).
Some individuals have reported the normalization of thyroid peroxidase antibodies following taking the antibiotic doxycycline, which is effective for Yersinia
enterocolitica and borellia burgdorferi as well as other bacteria.
A variety of bacterial infections have been implicated in triggering autoimmune thyroiditis, including Helicobacter Pylori (the same bacteria that causes ulcers), Borrelia burgdorferi (associated with Lyme disease) and Yersinia
enterocolitica.
One study found that compared to normal individuals, patients with chronic heart failure had massive quantities of pathogenic bacteria, including Campylobacter spp., Shigella spp., Salmonella spp., Yersinia
enterocolitica, and Candida spp. (25).
We have small parasites that are microscopic and can only be seen under a microscope with specific stains: Giardia, Entamoeba histolytica, Blastocystis hominis, Cryptosporidium, Dientamoeba fragilis, Entamoeba coli, Yersinia
enterocolitica, Entamoeba hartmanni, and Toxoplasma to name only a few.
These agents include: Yersinia
enterocolitica, Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP), and H. Pylori.
Y.
enterocolitica was found in 69 percent of the samples.
Compounding the concern is that many of the samples of the bacterium, Yersinia
enterocolitica, proved to be antibiotic - resistant.