Vervolgonderzoek Francorchamps: Onderzoek naar Medische Consumptie, Kosten enLange Termijn Effecten van een Voedselinfectie (Further Investigations Francorchamps: Investigation of Medical Consumption, Costs and Long Term Effects of Food Poisoning)

摘要

In June 1991 in Francorchamps (Belgium), 600 Dutchmen participated in aBurgundian meal. Sixty percent of the participants fell sick because of a Salmonella infection. The study was performed among the participants of the meal in Francorchamps. By using questionnaires, the prevalence of complications of Salmonellosis, reactive arthritis, erythema nodosum, conjunctivitis and severe weight loss, was investigated. In addition, an inventory of health care utilization and costs was made. Sixty percent of respondents suffered from gastro-intestinal complaints after the meal. The investigated complaints of weight loss, joint disease, red skin patches on arms/legs, or eye-inflammation, originated in the 6 months after the meal, and have been judged to be a complication of the Salmonella-food infection. For 13 respondents a relation with the food infection was suspected.