Outbreak of Salmonella oranienburg infection in Japan.
We experienced five cases of Salmonella oranienburg infection in children living in Saitama prefecture. Thereafter the number of patients with S. oranienburg infection increased not only in Saitama (55 cases) but also in other parts of Japan in 1999 (1505 cases) in 1999. The source of S. oranienburg infection was identified as a snack made from semi-dry cuttlefish.
Miyakawa
Sanpei
S
Pediatric Nephrology, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo-162-8666, Japan. miyakawa@kc.twmu.ac.jp
Takahashi
Kazuhiro
K
Hattori
Motoshi
M
Itoh
Katsumi
K
Kurazono
Takanori
T
Amano
Fumio
F
D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D049832:Decapodiformes / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012475:Salmonella / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology