Food Poisoning Associated with Kudoa Septempunctata

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• 作者：Yoshiaki Iwashita ; MD^&lowast ; ; ; Yoshito Kamijo ; MD ; PhD^&dagger ; ; Susumu Nakahashi ; MSc^&lowast ; ; Akihiro Shindo ; MD^&lowast ; ; Kazuto Yokoyama ; MD^&lowast ; ; Akitaka Yamamoto ; MD ; PhD^&lowast ; ; Yukinari Omori ; MD ; PhD^&lowast ; ; Ken Ishikura ; MD ; PhD^&lowast ; ; Masaki Fujioka ; MD ; PhD^&lowast ; ; Tsuyoshi Hatada ; MD ; PhD^&lowast ; ; Taichi Takeda ; MD ; PhD^&lowast ; ; Kazuo Maruyama ; MD ; PhD^&lowast ; ; Hiroshi Imai ; MD ; PhD^&lowast ;
• 关键词：Kudoa septempunctata ; food poisoning
• 刊名：Journal of Emergency Medicine
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：May, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：44
• 期：5
• 页码：943-945
• 全文大小：112 K

文摘

Background

Kudoa septempunctata is a recently identified cause of food poisoning. We report three cases of food poisoning due to ingestion of this parasite.

Case Reports

Among the 358 people exposed during the same catered meal, 94 (including our 3 patients) developed vomiting and diarrhea within 1-9 h after ingestion of raw muscle from contaminated aquacultured olive flounders (Paralichthys olivaceus). These symptoms occurred frequently but were temporary; only 1 patient was hospitalized for dehydration and was discharged 2 days later.

Conclusion

In Japan, cases of food poisoning due to eating olive flounder have increased during recent years. This increase should prompt heightened awareness among clinicians diagnosing food poisoning.