TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Food poisoning associated with kudoa septempunctata
JO  - Journal of emergency medicine
A1  - Iwashita, Yoshiaki
A1  - Kamijo, Yoshito
A1  - Nakahashi, Susumu
A1  - Shindo, Akihiro
A1  - Yokoyama, Kazuto
A1  - Yamamoto, Akitaka
A1  - Omori, Yukinari
A1  - Ishikura, Ken
A1  - Fujioka, Masaki
A1  - Hatada, Tsuyoshi
A1  - Takeda, Taichi
A1  - Maruyama, Kazuo
A1  - Imai, Hiroshi
SP  - 943
EP  - 945
VL  - 44
IS  - 5
N2  - BACKGROUND: Kudoa septempunctata is a recently identified cause of food poisoning. We report three cases of food poisoning due to ingestion of this parasite. CASE REPORTS: Among the 358 people exposed during the same catered meal, 94 (including our 3 patients) developed vomiting and diarrhea within 1-9 h after ingestion of raw muscle from contaminated aquacultured olive flounders (Paralichthys olivaceus). These symptoms occurred frequently but were temporary; only 1 patient was hospitalized for dehydration and was discharged 2 days later. CONCLUSION: In Japan, cases of food poisoning due to eating olive flounder have increased during recent years. This increase should prompt heightened awareness among clinicians diagnosing food poisoning.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0736-4679
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.11.026
ID  - ref1
ER  -