Volume 8, Number 9—September 2002
Dispatch
Cyclosporiasis Outbreak in Germany Associated with the Consumption of Salad
Peter C. Döller*, Karl Dietrich†, Norbert Filipp†, Stefan Brockmann‡, Caroline Dreweck‡, Reinhard Vonthein§, Christiane Wagner-Wiening‡, and Albrecht Wiedenmann¶
Table
Symptoms associated with 26 cases of cyclosporiasis during a foodborne outbreak, Germany, December 2000
| Symptom | No. with symptom / no. with available data (%)a |
|---|---|
| Diarrheab | 24/25 (96.0) |
| watery | 23/24 (95.8) |
| mucus | 11/18 (61.1) |
| bloody | 0/18 (0.00) |
| Flatulence | 21/22 (95.5) |
| Weight loss | 23/25 (92.0) |
| Nausea | 22/24 (91.7) |
| Abdominal cramps | 19/24 (79.2) |
| Vomiting | 10/19 (52.6) |
| Fever | 9/21 (42.9) |
aThe denominators for symptoms vary because some respondents reported not being sure whether a symptom occurred.
bDiarrhea was defined as >3 bowel movements per day.
