title: Outbreak of Salmonella oranienburg infection in Japan.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Nephrology, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo-162-8666, Japan. miyakawa@kc.twmu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Sanpei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyakawa
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Motoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: Katsumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Takanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurazono
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Amano
mesh_terms: 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