An acute foodborne outbreak due to Plesiomonas shigelloides in Yaounde, Cameroon.
We investigated an acute foodborne outbreak in Yaounde, Cameroon, following a private party. Plesiomonas shigelloides, which has rarely been reported as the causative agent of foodborne outbreaks, was strongly suspected. The unusual short incubation period suggested the presence of a preformed toxin within the incriminated food.
Wouafo
Marguerite
M
Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Pouillot
Régis
R
Kwetche
Pierre Fotsing
PF
Tejiokem
Mathurin-Cyrille
MC
Kamgno
Joseph
J
Fonkoua
Marie-Christine
MC
D002163:Cameroon / Q000453:epidemiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D016981:Plesiomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors