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An unusual food-borne outbreak of gastroenteritis associated with contaminated turkey occurred at a catered company meal. The average incubation period was 10 h, and the predominant symptoms were watery diarrhea and cramps. Vomiting did not occur. Initial epidemiological features and cultures from turkey and feces of infected patients suggested that the causative agent was Clostridium perfringens, but Klebsiella pneumoniae of capsular type K15 was also isolated in large numbers from both the turkey and feces of the same patients. Plasmid analysis and enterotoxin results supported the role of K. pneumoniae as the causative agent in this outbreak. Organisms other than commonly identified pathogens should not be ignored if present in high concentrations in both food and feces of infected persons.
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PMID:Klebsiella pneumoniae gastroenteritis masked by Clostridium perfringens. 200 53

Mucoid strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus were isolated from the stools of two asymptomatic carriers and a patient with gastroenteritis. The strains demonstrated biochemical reactions and antibiotic susceptibility typical of nonmucoid strains of V. parahaemolyticus isolated locally. The slime substance was typed by coagglutination and was antigenically similar to the capsular antigen of the same strain. Three different serotypes (O10:K24, O5:K17, and O5:K15) were involved.
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PMID:Isolation of mucoid Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains. 669 Apr 71

A total of 135 strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated during the period 1976-77 from human gastroenteritis cases and various categories of environmental sources, e.g., crustaceans, fish and different water samples (pond, stored, open well and tap water) were tested for their Kanagawa phenomenon and serotypic pattern. Amongst the 80 human isolates tested, 69 strains (86.3%) were Kanagawa phenomenon positive, and 60 strains (75.0%) were serologically typable--the dominant serotype being 05:K15. Of the 25 isolates from various water sources 10(40.0%) were Kanagawa phenomenon positive, and 17(68.0%) were serologically typable and 4 (23.5%) of them belonged to serotype 05:K15. All the 30 strains isolated from crustaceans and fish were Kanagawa phenomenon negative and 22 (73.3%) of them were serologically typable, belonging to heterogeneous serotypes. The results of this study also indicate the possible role of water in the transmission of V. parahaemolyticus infection in Calcutta slums.
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PMID:Kanagawa phenomenon and serotypic pattern of Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains isolated from various sources in Calcutta. 716 46