Case Report: An Outbreak of Food-Borne Typhoid Fever Due to Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi in Japan Reported for the First Time in 16 Years

For the first time in 16 years, a food-borne outbreak of typhoid fever due to Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi was reported in Japan. Seven patients consumed food in an Indian buffet at a restaurant in the center of Tokyo, while one was a Nepali chef in the restaurant, an asymptomatic carrier and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2016-02, Vol.94 (2), p.289-291
Hauptverfasser:	Kobayashi, Tetsuro, Kutsuna, Satoshi, Hayakawa, Kayoko, Kato, Yasuyuki, Ohmagari, Norio, Uryu, Hideko, Yamada, Ritsuko, Kashiwa, Naoyuki, Nei, Takahito, Ehara, Akihito, Takei, Reiko, Mori, Nobuaki, Yamada, Yasuhiro, Hayasaka, Tomomi, Kagawa, Narito, Sugawara, Momoko, Suzaki, Ai, Takahashi, Yuno, Nishiyama, Hiroyuki, Morita, Masatomo, Izumiya, Hidemasa, Ohnishi, Makoto
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks Female Foodborne Diseases - epidemiology Foodborne Diseases - microbiology Humans Japan - epidemiology Male Typhoid Fever - drug therapy Typhoid Fever - epidemiology Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	For the first time in 16 years, a food-borne outbreak of typhoid fever due to Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi was reported in Japan. Seven patients consumed food in an Indian buffet at a restaurant in the center of Tokyo, while one was a Nepali chef in the restaurant, an asymptomatic carrier and the implicated source of this outbreak. The multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis showed 100% consistency in the genomic sequence for five of the eight cases.
ISSN:	1476-1645
DOI:	10.4269/ajtmh.15-0484