A Foodborne Outbreak of Group A Streptococcal Infection in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

A foodborne outbreak of group A streptococcal infection in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

1Division of Pathology and Bacteriology, Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Fukuoka 818-0135; 2Kaho and Kurate Office for Health, Human Services and Environmental Issues, Fukuoka 820-0004; 3Fukuoka Prefecture Government, Fukuoka 812-8577; 4Oita Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, Oita 870-1117; and 5Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious...

An Outbreak of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Yamagata Prefecture Following the Great East Japan Earthquake

Background: In the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, most of the areas in Yamagata prefecture experienced a serious power failure lasting for approximately 24 hours. A number of households were subsequently poisoned with carbon monoxide (CO) due to various causes. In this study, we conducted a survey of CO poisoning during the disaster. Methods: A questionnaire regarding CO poisonin...

Group B Streptococcal Sepsis in a Newborn: a Case Report

Newborns’ bacterial infections due to group B Streptococcus (GBS) happen in two forms including early-onset disease or late-onset disease. In this paper, we report a case of early-onset GBS infection in a male infant. A 22-year-old primigravid woman delivers a term normal looking male infant. Nasal flaring, grunting, and poor feeding presented soon after birth. An empiric treatment wit...

Group A β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis outbreak

The aim was to describe an outbreak of group A β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis in health care professionals. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study of 17 clients who dined at the same table in a restaurant in Barcelona in July 2012. The frequency, timing and severity of symptoms were analyzed, as were demographic variables and others concerning the food ingested. The attack r...

Serotyping of human group A rotaviruses in Nara Prefecture, Japan.