• DOI:10.1542/peds.2009-2319
Corpus ID: 19744459

Rapid Detoxification of Cereulide in Bacillus cereus Food Poisoning

@article{Shiota2010RapidDO,
  title={Rapid Detoxification of Cereulide in Bacillus cereus Food Poisoning},
  author={M. Shiota and Keiko Saitou and H. Mizumoto and M. Matsusaka and N. Agata and M. Nakayama and M. Kage and Shinji Tatsumi and A. Okamoto and S. Yamaguchi and M. Ohta and D. Hata},
  journal={Pediatrics},
  year={2010},
  volume={125},
  pages={e951 - e955}
}

M. Shiota, Keiko Saitou, +9 authors D. Hata

Published 2010

Medicine

Pediatrics

Bacillus cereus is recognized as a major pathogenic bacterium that causes food poisoning and produces gastrointestinal diseases of 2 types: emetic and diarrheal. The emetic type, which is often linked to pasta and rice, arises from a preformed toxin, cereulide, in food. Rapid and accurate diagnostic methods for this emetic toxin are important but are limited. Here we describe 3 patients with B cereus food poisoning in which cereulide was detected and measured sequentially. Three family members… CONTINUE READING

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