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Campylobacter Bacteremia in Hemodialysis Patients by Eating Raw Meat – The Importance of Sanitary Education

In 2011, simultaneous, widespread outbreaks of food poisoning by contaminated enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in beef, which killed four and hospitalized more than 30 people, occurred in Japan. While the press was widely reporting this disaster, two maintenance hemodialysis patients were sufferin...

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Autores principales: Shimizu, Yoshio, Ishii, Arisa, Takahata, Akiko, Kajiyama, Tadahiro, Yamahatsu, Aya, Io, Hiroaki, Kurusu, Atsushi, Hamada, Chieko, Horikoshi, Satoshi, Tomino, Yasuhiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23197970
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000343499
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Sumario:In 2011, simultaneous, widespread outbreaks of food poisoning by contaminated enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in beef, which killed four and hospitalized more than 30 people, occurred in Japan. While the press was widely reporting this disaster, two maintenance hemodialysis patients were suffering from Campylobacter bacteremia by eating undercooked meat. One patient was infected with C. upsaliensis and the other with C. fetus. Although these patients could be successfully treated, they led us to consider the characteristics of C. upsaliensis and C. fetus as opportunistic pathogens, as well as changes in dietary behaviors and food markets. Moreover, they emphasized the need for hemodialysis patients to be not only educated in that they should restrict potassium, phosphate and water intake, but also that they should take care of food sanitation.