An acute foodborne outbreak due to Plesiomonas shigelloides in Yaounde, Cameroon.

Authors :: Wouafo M
Pouillot R
Kwetche PF
Tejiokem MC
Kamgno J
Fonkoua MC
Source :: Foodborne pathogens and disease [Foodborne Pathog Dis] 2006 Summer; Vol. 3 (2), pp. 209-11.
Publication Year :: 2006
Abstract: We investigated an acute foodborne outbreak in Yaounde, Cameroon, following a private party. Plesiomonas shigelloides, which has rarely been reported as the causative agent of foodborne outbreaks, was strongly suspected. The unusual short incubation period suggested the presence of a preformed toxin within the incriminated food.

Subjects :: Cameroon epidemiology
Cohort Studies
Diarrhea microbiology
Disease Outbreaks
Feces microbiology
Foodborne Diseases microbiology
Humans
Plesiomonas pathogenicity
Retrospective Studies
Time Factors
Diarrhea epidemiology
Foodborne Diseases epidemiology
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections epidemiology
Plesiomonas isolation & purification

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