title: [Bacterial infections, what we can learn from each outbreak].
abstract: Studies on outbreaks or incidences of infectious diseases and food poisonings are the starting points in research. Analyses of the outbreaks will provide the mechanism by which the illnesses occur and the establishment of countermeasure. We report here some sensational outbreaks which recently occurred in Japan: 1) enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157 outbreaks by pickled Chinese cabbage in Hokkaido, 2) EHEC O157/O111 outbreaks by raw beef in Toyama Prefecture, 3) parasitic food poisoning due to raw olive flounder consumption in the western Japan, and 4) botulism due to the consumption of vacuum packed food in Tottori Prefecture.
authors.affiliation: Kobe Institute of Health.
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iijima
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watahiki
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: Shizunobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Igimi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001906:Botulism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D003014:Clostridium botulinum / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055764:Myxozoa / Q000302:isolation & purification