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

Marguerite Wouafo; Régis Pouillot; Pierre Fotsing Kwetche; Mathurin-Cyrille Tejiokem; Joseph Kamgno; Marie-Christine Fonkoua

doi:10.1089/fpd.2006.3.209

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

Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2006 Summer;3(2):209-11. doi: 10.1089/fpd.2006.3.209.

Authors

Marguerite Wouafo¹, Régis Pouillot, Pierre Fotsing Kwetche, Mathurin-Cyrille Tejiokem, Joseph Kamgno, Marie-Christine Fonkoua

Affiliation

¹ Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

PMID: 16761948
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2006.3.209

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.

MeSH terms

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