Journal of Environmental Biology

Outbreak of Salmonella oranienburg infection in Japan

 

Sanpei Miyakawa¹, Kazuhiro Takahashi¹, Motoshi Hattori¹, Katsumi Itoh¹, Takanori Kurazono² and Fumio Amano³

¹Pediatric Nephrology, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women?s Medical University,

8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo-162-8666, Japan

²Saitama Prefecture Institute of Hygiene 639-1 KumiokubuUrawa-city, Saitama prefecture, Japan

?³Hygiene Science Section, Osaka Pharmaceutical University, 40-20-1 Nasahara, Takatsuki-city, Osaka-569 1094, Japan

 

?(Received: 16 October, 2004 ; Accepted: 15 May, 2005)

 

 

Abstract: We experienced five cases of Salmonella oranienburg infection in children living in Saitama prefecture. Thereafter the number of patients with S. oranienburg infection increased not only in Saitama (55 cases) but also in other parts of Japan in 1999 (1,505 cases) in 1999. The source of S. oranienburg infection was identified as a snack made from semi-dry cuttlefish.????

 

Key words: Salmonella oranienburg, Children, Semi-dried cuttlefish, Japan.

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