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

Naranjo, María; Denayer, Sarah; Botteldoorn, Nadine; Delbrassinne, Laurence; Veys, Jean; Waegenaere, Jacques; Sirtaine, Nicolas; Driesen, Ronald B; Sipido, Karin R; Mahillon, Jacques; Dierick, Katelijne

doi:10.1128/JCM.05129-11

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

Naranjo, María

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Denayer, Sarah

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Botteldoorn, Nadine

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Delbrassinne, Laurence

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Dierick, Katelijne

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(2011) Journal of Clinical Microbiology — Vol. 49, n° 12, p. 4379-4381 (2011)

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Naranjo, María
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Denayer, Sarah
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Botteldoorn, Nadine
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Delbrassinne, Laurence
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Mahillon, JacquesUCLouvain
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Dierick, Katelijne
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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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UCLouvainSST/ELI/ELIM - Applied Microbiology

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Naranjo, M., Denayer, S., Botteldoorn, N., Delbrassinne, L., Veys, J., Waegenaere, J., Sirtaine, N., Driesen, R. B., Sipido, K. R., Mahillon, J., & Dierick, K. (2011). Sudden death of a young adult associated with Bacillus cereus food poisoning. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 49(12), 4379-4381. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.05129-11 (Original work published 2011)