Salmonella identified among 649 diarrhoea cases in Kébémer, Senegal
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
Salmonella has been identified in the Kébémer diarrhoeal syndrome outbreak, which now affects 649 people, including 30 in Mékhé and one in Louga. According to the regional health director for Louga, Moustapha Faye, new notifications are falling, and tests are continuing at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar to identify the serotype, according to Senego.
The diarrhoeal syndrome in Kébémer, in the Louga region, now affects 649 people, after seven new cases were recorded. Initial analyses have identified the bacterium Salmonella, according to Dr Moustapha Faye, regional health director of Louga, quoted by Rewmi. The source of the contamination has yet to be established.
The health official describes a collective food poisoning linked to this bacterium. He says 30 patients have been recorded in Mékhé and one in Louga, cases linked to the Kébémer outbreak. New notifications are slowing: 28 cases had been recorded the previous day, compared with seven between Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November, up to 17:00. Some patients had felt symptoms several days before consulting, these being mild.
Tests are continuing at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar to identify the serotype of the bacterium and carry out an antibiogram. The laboratory at the Louga regional hospital did not detect Salmonella in the tests it carried out.
The previous toll was 604 cases, recorded on 7 November, as reported in our dispatch on the 604 cases recorded.
