IASR Vol. 33, No.5 (No. 387) May 2012

  Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection in Japan as of April 2012

Symptoms associated with EHEC infection, by serotype, 2011
Epidemiological investigation of EHEC O111 food poisoning outbreak linked to chain restaurants, April 2011—Toyama
Bacteriological examination for food poisoning outbreak caused by EHEC O111, April 2011—Toyama
Food poisoning in a hotel involving multiple EHEC O serogroups (O103, O121 and O145) caused by contaminated drinking water, July 2011—Nagano
EHEC O157 isolated from egg mayonnaise sandwich filling implicated in food poisoning outbreak in a nursing home for the aged, August 2011—Chiba City
Outbreak of food poisoning due to EHEC O157 and O145 in a welfare facility for the elderly and a hospital caused by lightly “pickled eggplants and green perilla”, August 2011—Tochigi
EHEC O157 food poisoning outbreak in welfare facilities for the elderly caused by “green perilla served with grated radish”, September 2011—Ishikawa
EHEC O157 food poisoning outbreak in a welfare facility for the elderly caused by cucumbers, December 2011—Fukuoka
An EHEC O26 outbreak that involved two nursery schools, May-July 2011—Shimane
EHEC O26 infection outbreak in a nursery school, July 2011—Gifu
Cluster analysis of PFGE patterns of EHEC O157 and O26 isolated nationwide from humans in Japan, 2011
Reported cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome associated with EHEC infection in 2011—NESID
Analysis of antibody levels to Escherichia coli O-antigen (serogroups O157, O26, O111, O145, O103, O121 and O165) in HUS patients
Large scale EAgg-EHEC O104:H4 outbreaks in Germany and its nearby countries, 2011
Suitable temperature and duration of hot water treatment for disinfecting the surface of beef meet consumable raw
Identification of Escherichia albertii isolated from a specimen of norovirus food poisoning outbreak, November 2011—Akita→Link to JJID
Classification of newly described Escherichia species, E. albertii for reporting in NESID
Successively diagnosed two botulism cases, November 2011—Hiroshima City
Detection of norovirus GII/4 from clothes of a food handler implicated in a food poisoning outbreak, March 2012—Nagano

Data

• Salmonella Typhi & Salmonella Paratyphi A phage types from human sources, Japan
  (Feb. 21, 2012 - Apr. 20, 2012)