Sudden Death of a Young Adult Associated with Bacillus cereus Food Poisoning

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Authors

María Ascensión Maestre Naranjo · Centre hospitalier Etterbeek-Ixelles

Sarah Denayer · Centre hospitalier Etterbeek-Ixelles

Nadine Botteldoorn · Centre hospitalier Etterbeek-Ixelles

Laurence Delbrassinne · Centre hospitalier Etterbeek-Ixelles

Jean Veys · Centre hospitalier Etterbeek-Ixelles

Jacques Waegenaere · Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety

Nicolas Sirtaine

Abstract

A lethal intoxication case, which occurred in Brussels, Belgium, is described. A 20-year-old man died following the ingestion of pasta contaminated with Bacillus cereus. Emetic strains of B. cereus were isolated, and high levels of cereulide (14.8 μg/g) were found in the spaghetti meal.

Topics & Keywords

Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research Microbial Inactivation Methods Identification and Quantification in Food

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volume 49, Issue 12, pp. 4379-4381

DOI: 10.1128/jcm.05129-11

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