An epidemic of bloody diarrhea: Escherichia coli O157 emerging in Cameroon?
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.
Cunin
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Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Tedjouka
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Germani
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Ncharre
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Bercion
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Morvan
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Martin
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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