The Clinical Investigation of Acute Diarrheal Disease by Seafood in Autumn at a Seacoast Communities of Korea
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
;
: 459-465, 2002.
Artículo
en Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-147262
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between acute diarrheal disease and causative seafood.METHODS:
This study was done retrospectively by investigating age, sex, symptoms, and causative seafoods in 140 patients. Correlating symptoms were vomiting, abdominal pain, fever, and bloody diarrhea. Causative seafood were crab, spiny lobster, pickles, sliced raw fish, and shellfish. All patients was seen at our hospital between September and November in two consecutive years, 2000 and 2001.RESULTS:
An characteristic of seafood related food poisoning was an age of 30 or older. The major cause of seafood related food poisoning was crab. The most common symptom of seafood related food poisoning was abdominal pain. Symptom of crab relate food poisoning was most severe.CONCLUSION:
Further studies are recommended to document an epidemiology and bacteriologic analysis of seafood related food poisoning in Chungnam-Taeangun.
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Índice:
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Asunto principal:
Mariscos
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Vómitos
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Dolor Abdominal
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Epidemiología
/
Estudios Retrospectivos
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Alimentos Marinos
/
Palinuridae
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Diarrea
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Fiebre
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Enfermedades Transmitidas por los Alimentos
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio observacional
Límite:
Humanos
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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