Center for Infectious Disease Research in Asia and Africa, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine-Kenya Medical Research Institute Project, Nairobi, Kenya.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Mar;100(3):688-690. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0593.
has rarely been reported as a cause of human infections. We report a case of a causing food poisoning in an adult male. A 51-year-old Japanese man complained of severe abdominal cramps, fever with chills, diarrhea, dizziness, and loss of appetite after eating reheated rice with stewed minced meat purchased from a Kenyan restaurant. was isolated from blood culture and was identified using a biochemical test and 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis. The patient was treated with probiotics and ciprofloxacin and recovered after 3 days. To our knowledge, this is the first report describing the potential role of as a foodborne pathogen in Kenya and highlights the importance of good hygiene and food preparation practices.
很少有报道将其作为人类感染的病因。我们报告了一起由 引起的成年男性食物中毒的案例。一位 51 岁的日本男性在食用了从肯尼亚餐厅购买的加热肉末炖饭后,出现严重的腹痛、发热寒战、腹泻、头晕和食欲不振。从血液培养中分离出 ,并通过生化试验和 16S rRNA 基因测序分析进行鉴定。该患者接受了益生菌和环丙沙星治疗,3 天后康复。据我们所知,这是首次描述 在肯尼亚作为食源性病原体的潜在作用,并强调了良好的卫生和食品制备习惯的重要性。