An Epidemic of Bloody Diarrhea: Escherichia coli O157 Emerging in Cameroon?
Between November 1997 and April 20, 1998, bloody diarrhea sickened 298 persons in Cameroon. Laboratory investigation of the epidemic (case-fatality rate, 16.4%) documented amoebiasis in one of three patients and three types of pathogens: multidrug-resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1, S. boydii, an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1999-04-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/5/2/99-0217_article |