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, an...

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Autores principales: Cunin, P, Tedjouka, E, Germani, Y, Ncharre, C, Bercion, R, Morvan, J, Martin, P M
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1999
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10221885
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author Cunin, P
Tedjouka, E
Germani, Y
Ncharre, C
Bercion, R
Morvan, J
Martin, P M
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Tedjouka, E
Germani, Y
Ncharre, C
Bercion, R
Morvan, J
Martin, P M
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-26406832009-05-20 An epidemic of bloody diarrhea: Escherichia coli O157 emerging in Cameroon? Cunin, P Tedjouka, E Germani, Y Ncharre, C Bercion, R Morvan, J Martin, P M Emerg Infect Dis Research Article 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1999 /pmc/articles/PMC2640683/ /pubmed/10221885 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Cunin, P
Tedjouka, E
Germani, Y
Ncharre, C
Bercion, R
Morvan, J
Martin, P M
An epidemic of bloody diarrhea: Escherichia coli O157 emerging in Cameroon?
title An epidemic of bloody diarrhea: Escherichia coli O157 emerging in Cameroon?
title_full An epidemic of bloody diarrhea: Escherichia coli O157 emerging in Cameroon?
title_fullStr An epidemic of bloody diarrhea: Escherichia coli O157 emerging in Cameroon?
title_full_unstemmed An epidemic of bloody diarrhea: Escherichia coli O157 emerging in Cameroon?
title_short An epidemic of bloody diarrhea: Escherichia coli O157 emerging in Cameroon?
title_sort epidemic of bloody diarrhea: escherichia coli o157 emerging in cameroon?
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10221885
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