[Clinico-epidemiologic characteristics of group illness caused by Bac. cereus food poisoning].
The authors describe an outbreak of food poisoning caused by Bac. cereus embracing 80% of persons who catered at the same catering establishment. The poisoning occurred in the course of 15 hours after the moment of eating a sauce stored in warm place. In the majority of cases the course of the disease was mild; 77.8% of the patients displayed phenomena of enteritis, 20.2%--of entercolitis, and 2.0%--of gastroenterocolitis. All the patients recovered without any treatment in the course of 1--2 days.
D000328:Adult; D001409:Bacillus cereus; D005260:Female; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Kliniko-ĕpidemiologicheskaia kharakteristika gruppovogo zabolevaniia pishchevoĭ toksikoinfektsieĭ, vyzvannoĭ Bac. cereus.