A Foodborne Outbreak of Gastrointestinal Illness Caused by Enterotoxigenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> Serotype O169:H41 in Osaka, Japan
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- Harada Tetsuya
- Division of Bacteriology, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health
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- Itoh Kaoru
- Kishiwada Public Health Center
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- Yamaguchi Yuko
- Izumisano Public Health Center
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- Hirai Yuji
- Division of Bacteriology, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health
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- Kanki Masashi
- Division of Bacteriology, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health
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- Kawatsu Kentaro
- Division of Bacteriology, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health
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- Seto Kazuko
- Division of Bacteriology, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health
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- Taguchi Masumi
- Division of Bacteriology, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health
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- Kumeda Yuko
- Division of Bacteriology, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health
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- A Foodborne Outbreak of Gastrointestinal Illness Caused by Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Serotype O169:H41 in Osaka, Japan
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Abstract
We describe our laboratory investigation of a massive foodborne outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) serotype O169:H41 that occurred during a 2-day traditional festival held in September 2012 in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Of 126 customers who patronized a particular Japanese restaurant during the event, 102 developed symptoms of gastrointestinal disease. We isolated strains of ETEC serotype O169:H41 from 1 food sample and from fecal samples collected from 19 of 34 patients and 2 of 4 food handlers. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis of these isolates suggested that the foodborne pathogen that caused the diarrheal outbreak was a specific clone of ETEC serotype O169:H41. Based on these findings and our interviews with the restaurant owner and employees, we concluded that a likely cause of the outbreak was an overwhelmed capacity of the restaurant kitchen in terms of preservation of sanitary procedures during the festival and the inability of the restaurant staff to handle the relatively large quantity of food to ensure a lack of contamination with ETEC. Thus, we reconfirm that ETEC strains of serotype O169:H41 remain important causes of domestic foodborne outbreaks in developed countries, including Japan.
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- Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases 66 (6), 530-533, 2013
National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Editorial Committee
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- CRID
- 1390282681217057024
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- NII Article ID
- 130003390335
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- NII Book ID
- AA1132885X
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- ISSN
- 18842836
- 13446304
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- NDL BIB ID
- 025048804
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- PubMed
- 24270144
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- Text Lang
- en
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- JaLC
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