Background:
@EN On September 1994, an outbreak of food poisoning occurred among employees of a factory in Kumi. Patients were visited in Soonchunhyang Kumi hospital. This report contains results of an epidemiological investigation of the outbreak.
@ES Methods:
@EN Stool culture was performed in 35 of 79 patients with food poisoning and the foods, which patients had eaten, were cultured. The medical records of 79 patients with food poisoning were reviewed retrospectively.
@ES Results:
@EN: 1) 79 patients(male 14, female 65) were visited in the hospital.
2) The incubation period was less than 12 hours in 24%, 12-24 hours in 66%, and 24-48 hours in 10%.
3) Predominant symptoms were abdominal pain(91%), watery diarrhea(86%), fever/chilling(75%), nausea/vomiting(68%) and headache(51%).
4) Mean leukocyte count was 10,770/μl(4,600-18,700/μl).
5) Salmonella enteritidis was isolated from stool in 34 of 35 patients who submitted specimens.
6) Salmonella evteritidis was isolated from the seaweed roll which patients had eaten.
7) On the visitel day, 67 ill patients were discharged after intravenous rehydration and oral medication; twelve were hospitalized.
@ES Conclusion:
@EN An outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis infection associated with food occurred among employees of a factory in Kumi on September 1994. 79 patients were affected. Good hygiene of the cooking personnel and adequate cooking of foods are necessary
in
controlling such outbreaks of nontyphoidal salmonellosis among factory workers.
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