2005•Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOpen access
Fatal Family Outbreak of Bacillus cereus -Associated Food Poisoning
Katelijne Dierick, Els Van Coillie, Izabela Święcicka, Geert Meyfroidt, Hugo Devlieger, Agnes Meulemans, Guy Hoedemaekers, Ludo Fourie, Marc Heyndrickx, Jacques Mahillon
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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.