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Clinical reports on 140 cases of acute enteritis causd by Vibrio parahaemolyticus are collected in cooperation with many workers in national hospitals for 3 years from 1962 to 1965.
This paper treats of the summarization of them and some related works.
Sex and age of patients: Patients are frequently found in twenties and teenagers, regardless of sex. (Table-1) Outbreaks of patients: They are limited to the hot seasons in the year. (Fig. -1)
Main symptoms: Stomach-ache (86.4%), diarrhea (93.6%), fever (78.6%), vomiting (54.3%) and headache (45.0%) are frequently observed. Bloody stools are recorded in 20.7% of cases, but complaints of tenesmus are rarely reported. (Table -2)
Prognosis: These symptoms are resolutive in three days, and serious conditions are never left after the reconvarescens. (Fig.-2)
Initial diagnosis: 44.4% of cases are made temporary diagnosis of dysentery on acute colitis before bacteriological inf ormations are given. (Table -3)
White blood cells: They increased on the first day, and decreased slightly on the third day of illness. (Fig. -3, Table -4)
Hemoglobin, hematocrit of blood and serum protein: They are all increased on the first day, and decreased on the third day of illness. The rise and fall are prominent in severe cases. (Fig.-4, 5, 6)
Blood pressure: It depressed in some cases on the first day of illness. (Fig. -8)
Beginning of the affection: They have a partiality for nighttime in the day. (Fig. -9)
C. R. P, reaction: Most of cases represent positive C. R. P, reaction in the early stage of the illness. (Fig.-10)
Antigen types of collected strains: They are shown in Table -8.
The labor environment and the contraction of the disease: The physical labor for many hours rises the rate to have the disease. (Table -11)
