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Sudden death of a young adult associated with Bacillus cereus food poisoning. [1]

Food consumption and food safety   [2]

Peer reviewed scientific article

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Authors

Naranjo, Maria [3]; Sarah Denayer [4]; N Botteldoorn [5]; Laurence Delbrassinne [6]; Veys, Jean [7]; Waegenaere, Jacques [8]; Sirtaine, Nicolas [9]; Driesen, Ronald B [10]; Sipido, Karin R [11]; Mahillon, Jacques [12]; Katelijne Dierick [13]

Keywords

  1. Bacillus cereus [14]
  2. Belgium [15]
  3. Death, Sudden [16]
  4. Depsipeptides [17]
  5. DNA, Bacterial [18]
  6. Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field [19]
  7. Feces [20]
  8. Food Analysis [21]
  9. Food Microbiology [22]
  10. Foodborne Diseases [23]
  11. Humans [24]
  12. Male [25]
  13. polymerase chain reaction [26]
  14. Young adult [27]

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.
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Food consumption and food safety [2]
Source URL:https://sciensano.be/en/biblio/sudden-death-a-young-adult-associated-bacillus-cereus-food-poisoning

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[1] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio/sudden-death-a-young-adult-associated-bacillus-cereus-food-poisoning [2] https://sciensano.be/en/health-topics/food-consumption-and-food-safety [3] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=46131&f%5Bsearch%5D=Naranjo%2C%20Maria [4] https://sciensano.be/en/people/sarah-denayer/biblio [5] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=666&f%5Bsearch%5D=N%20Botteldoorn [6] https://sciensano.be/en/people/laurence-delbrassinne/biblio [7] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=46308&f%5Bsearch%5D=Veys%2C%20Jean [8] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=46311&f%5Bsearch%5D=Waegenaere%2C%20Jacques [9] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=46314&f%5Bsearch%5D=Sirtaine%2C%20Nicolas [10] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=46317&f%5Bsearch%5D=Driesen%2C%20Ronald%20B [11] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=46320&f%5Bsearch%5D=Sipido%2C%20Karin%20R [12] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=37815&f%5Bsearch%5D=Mahillon%2C%20Jacques [13] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=35541&f%5Bsearch%5D=Katelijne%20Dierick [14] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=516&f%5Bsearch%5D=Bacillus%20cereus [15] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=444&f%5Bsearch%5D=Belgium [16] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=32187&f%5Bsearch%5D=Death%2C%20Sudden [17] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=19737&f%5Bsearch%5D=Depsipeptides [18] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=28338&f%5Bsearch%5D=DNA%2C%20Bacterial [19] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=29679&f%5Bsearch%5D=Electrophoresis%2C%20Gel%2C%20Pulsed-Field [20] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=4038&f%5Bsearch%5D=Feces [21] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=22911&f%5Bsearch%5D=Food%20Analysis [22] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=2178&f%5Bsearch%5D=Food%20Microbiology [23] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=3690&f%5Bsearch%5D=Foodborne%20Diseases [24] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=648&f%5Bsearch%5D=Humans [25] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=2757&f%5Bsearch%5D=Male [26] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=2772&f%5Bsearch%5D=polymerase%20chain%20reaction [27] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=4695&f%5Bsearch%5D=Young%20adult