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Fatal family outbreak of Bacillus cereus-associated food poisoning36744

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DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.8.4277-4279.2005

Authors

Katelijne Dierick; E. Van Coillie; Swiecicka,I.; Meyfroidt,G.; Devlieger,H.; Meulemans,A.; Hoedemaekers,G.; Fourie,L.; Heyndrickx,M.; J. Mahillon

Keywords

  1. a
  2. ADOLESCENT
  3. article
  4. Bacillus
  5. Bacillus cereus
  6. Belgium
  7. Brussels
  8. Case
  9. case reports
  10. cause
  11. Child
  12. CONSUMPTION
  13. Disease Outbreaks
  14. epidemiology
  15. Etiology
  16. Failure
  17. families
  18. Family
  19. Fatal Outcome
  20. Female
  21. food
  22. Food Microbiology
  23. Foodborne Diseases
  24. genetics
  25. health
  26. Humans
  27. illness
  28. illnesses
  29. im
  30. INFECTION
  31. Institute
  32. IS
  33. isolation & purification
  34. IT
  35. journal
  36. Liver
  37. Male
  38. Mild
  39. mortality
  40. outbreak
  41. poisoning
  42. Print
  43. public
  44. public health
  45. Public-health
  46. report
  47. reports
  48. SB - IM
  49. severity
  50. Symptom
  51. Symptoms

Abstract:

Bacillus cereus is a well-known cause of food-borne illness, but infection with this organism is not commonly reported because of its usually mild symptoms. A fatal case due to liver failure after the consumption of pasta salad is described and demonstrates the possible severity of the emetic syndrome
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