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Vibrio vulnificus septicaemia in Japan: an estimated number of infections and physicians' knowledge of the syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2004

K. OSAKA ,
M. KOMATSUZAKI ,
H. TAKAHASHI ,
S. SAKANO  and
N. OKABE
K. OSAKA
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Surveillance Centre, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
M. KOMATSUZAKI
Affiliation:
Field Epidemiology Training Program, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan Department of Infection Control, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8471, Japan
H. TAKAHASHI
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Surveillance Centre, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
S. SAKANO
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan
N. OKABE
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Surveillance Centre, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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Abstract

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Questionnaire surveys were implemented to study the incidence and physicians' knowledge of Vibrio vulnificus infections in Japan. Registered emergency physicians were selected by stratified random sampling for a questionnaire survey. A total of 235 out of 386 physicians (61%) responded to the questionnaire and 12 V. vulnificus septicaemia cases were reported from 10 respondents. The annual estimated number of V. vulnificus septicaemia was calculated as 425 (95% CI 238–752). The study also revealed that only 15·7% (95% CI 11·3–21·0) of responding physicians had a basic knowledge of V. vulnificus infection. Education for both physicians and people in the high-risk group for developing the infection (e.g. immunocompromised, chronic liver disease) will be necessary for the prevention, early diagnosis and appropriate treatment of the disease.

Type
Short Report
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 132 , Issue 5 , October 2004 , pp. 993 - 996
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press