[Report of questionnaire about enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli cases caused in the area including Sakai City in 1996].
Kansenshogaku Zasshi
; 71(11): 1144-54, 1997 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-9455055
ABSTRACT
Many outbreaks of EHEC O157 were occurred in Japan in 1996. There was the biggest outbreak involving approximately 6000 victims in area of Sakai City. We conducted a questionnaire survey on the EHEC infection to the physicians who treated these patients and the microbiologists. For physicians we asked mainly clinical manifestation of patients they observed and treatment they did and their outcome (Answer A). Microbiologists were also required to answer the opinion about treatment (Answer B). Eighty-five of physicians replied about their 222 patients and 209 of microbiologists answered their opinions. In this report we summarized the data and obtained following results:
1) We observed higher frequency of HUS/TTA complication in female than male. 2) Higher HUS/TTP complication was accompanied with patients complained symptoms of fever, bloody diarrhea, and general fatigue. 3) The most patients (96%) were received antimicrobial agents, especially fosfomycin (84%), followed by new quinolon (17.8%) and Cefems (12.2%). Later starting of treatment with antimicrobial agents than 7 days from onset of symptoms increased HUS/TTP complication. 4) Anti-diarrhoeal agents seems to be one of risk factors for HUS/TTP complications.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Brotes de Enfermedades
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Infecciones por Escherichia coli
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Enfermedades Transmitidas por los Alimentos
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Ja
Revista:
Kansenshogaku Zasshi
Año:
1997
Tipo del documento:
Article