An epidemic of bloody diarrhea:: Escherichia coli O157 emerging in Cameroon?

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作者：
Cunin, P
Tedjouka, E
Germani, Y
Ncharre, C
Bercion, R
Morvan, J
Martin, PMV
机构：
[1] Ctr Pasteur Cameroun, Yaounde, Cameroon
[2] Inst Pasteur, Bangui, Cent Afr Republ
[3] WHO Representat, Yaounde, Cameroon
来源：
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 1999年 / 5卷 / 02期
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D O I：
10.3201/eid0502.990217
中图分类号：
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号：
100102 ;
摘要：
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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