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

  • María Naranjo
    Scientific Service Food-borne Pathogens, Medicines and Consumer Safety Section, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium; Saint-Pierre Hospital and Etterbeek-Ixelles Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
  • Sarah Denayer
    Scientific Service Food-borne Pathogens, Medicines and Consumer Safety Section, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium; Saint-Pierre Hospital and Etterbeek-Ixelles Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
  • Nadine Botteldoorn
    Scientific Service Food-borne Pathogens, Medicines and Consumer Safety Section, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium; Saint-Pierre Hospital and Etterbeek-Ixelles Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
  • Laurence Delbrassinne
    Food, Medicines and Consumer Safety Section, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium; Saint-Pierre Hospital and Etterbeek-Ixelles Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
  • Jean Veys
    Scientific Institute of Public Health, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium; Saint-Pierre Hospital and Etterbeek-Ixelles Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
  • Jacques Waegenaere
    Health Inspection, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
  • Nicolas Sirtaine
    Pathology Department, Hôpital Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
  • Ronald B. Driesen
    Division of Experimental Cardiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
  • Karin R. Sipido
    Division of Experimental Cardiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
  • Jacques Mahillon
    Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology, Université Catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
  • Katelijne Dierick
    Scientific Service Food-borne Pathogens, Medicines and Consumer Safety Section, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium; Saint-Pierre Hospital and Etterbeek-Ixelles Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

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<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title> <jats:p> A lethal intoxication case, which occurred in Brussels, Belgium, is described. A 20-year-old man died following the ingestion of pasta contaminated with <jats:named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacillus cereus</jats:named-content> . Emetic strains of <jats:named-content content-type="genus-species">B. cereus</jats:named-content> were isolated, and high levels of cereulide (14.8 μg/g) were found in the spaghetti meal. </jats:p>

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