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

2011; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 49; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1128/jcm.05129-11

1098-660X

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

Identification and Quantification in Food

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.