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- Title
NON-O GROUP 1 VIBRIO CHOLERAE GASTROENTERITIS ASSOCIATED WITH EATING RAW OYSTERS.
- Authors
WILSON, RICKEY; LIEB, SPENCER; ROBERTS, ANN; STRYKER, SCOTT; JANOWSKI, HENRY; GUNN, ROBERT; DAVIS, BETTY; RIDDLE, CONRADINE F.; BARRETT, TIMOTHY; MORRIS, J. GLENN; BLAKE, PAUL A.
- Abstract
A cluster of five cases of non-O group 1 (non-01) V. cholerae gastroenteritis occurred in one Florida locality during November 1979. Clinical findings included nausea, vomiting, and abdominal cramping in all affected persons; two had bloody diarrhea. All five persons gave a history of eating raw oysters within four days of onset of illness. A case-control study statistically associated the eating of raw oysters with development of illness ( = 0.0008); this finding was confirmed by a retrospective cohort study of patients hospi talized for diarrhea ( = 0.0001). Non-O1 . organisms were isolated from oysters and water samples taken from areas where ill persons had obtained their oysters. In at least one instance the same serotype was isolated from a patient's stool specimen and from the water where the patient had obtained oysters. Non-O1 infection must be considered in the differential diagnosis of shellfish-associated gastroenteritis.
- Publication
American Journal of Epidemiology, 1981, Vol 114, Issue 2, p293
- ISSN
0002-9262
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113194