title: Food poisoning--four unusual episodes.
abstract: Four unusual outbreaks of food poisoning occurring in the Dunedin Health District during the period 1971-1973 are described. These involved a contaminated cordial, a death associated with a Clostridium perfringens outbreak, salmonellosis and infectious hepatitis in persons eating uncooked shellfish and symptoms associated with the ingestion of a normally edible fish--the trumpeter.
mesh_terms: D000091:Acetobacter; D000328:Adult; D000333:Aeromonas; D000818:Animals; D001628:Beverages; D002648:Child; D003015:Clostridium Infections; D003016:Clostridium perfringens; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004751:Enteritis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes; D005506:Food Contamination; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000209:etiology; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008387:Marine Toxins; D009520:New Zealand; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000209:etiology; D012758:Shellfish
chemical_list: D008387:Marine Toxins