title: An epidemic of bloody diarrhea: Escherichia coli O157 emerging in Cameroon?
abstract: Between November 1997 and April 20, 1998, bloody diarrhea sickened 298 persons in Cameroon. Laboratory investigation of the epidemic (case-fatality rate, 16.4%) documented amoebiasis in one of three patients and three types of pathogens: multidrug-resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1, S. boydii, and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. We report the first isolation of E. coli O157:H7 in Cameroon and the second series of cases in the Central African region.
authors.affiliation: Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cunin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tedjouka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Germani
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ncharre
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bercion
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morvan
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002163:Cameroon / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged