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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2005, p. 4277-4279, Vol. 43, No. 8
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.8.4277-4279.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Fatal Family Outbreak of Bacillus cereus-Associated Food Poisoning

Katelijne Dierick,1* Els Van Coillie,2 Izabela Swiecicka,3 Geert Meyfroidt,4 Hugo Devlieger,5 Agnes Meulemans,6 Guy Hoedemaekers,7 Ludo Fourie,8 Marc Heyndrickx,2 and Jacques Mahillon9

Institute of Public Health—Food Section, 1050 Brussels, Belgium,1 Ministry of the Flemish Community, Center for Agricultural Research—Department Animal Product Quality, 9090 Melle, Belgium,2 Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biology, University of Bialystok, 15-950 Bialystok, Poland,3 Department of Intensive Care Medicine,4 Department of Paediatrics,5 Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, 3000 Leuven, Belgium,6 Department of Paediatrics, Ziekenhuis Maas en Kempen, Maaseik, Belgium,7 Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain, Brussels, Belgium,8 Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology, Université catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium9

Received 23 November 2004/ Returned for modification 6 December 2004/ Accepted 9 April 2005

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Public Health, 14 Juliette Wijtsman Str., B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. Phone: 00 32 2 642 51 53. Fax: 00 32 2 642 53 27. E-mail: Katelijne.Dierick{at}iph.fgov.be.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2005, p. 4277-4279, Vol. 43, No. 8
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.8.4277-4279.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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