Which of the following causes mesenteric lymphadenitis?: (A) Adenovirus, (B) Campylobacter, (C) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, (D) All of the above
Answer is D. d. All of the above(Ref: Nelson 20/e p 1405-6, 1611)Acute appendicitis, mesenteric lymphadenitis & ileocolitis have been reported in patients who have had appendectomies during C. jejuni infection.Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is most often associated with mesenteric lymphadenitis.Human Adenovirus may also cause mesenteric adenitis.