title: Food poisoning as a cause of acute liver failure.
abstract: We report a 9-year-old girl with cereulide-producing Bacillus cereus food poisoning, who developed fulminant hepatitis, renal and pancreatic insufficiency, shock, and prolonged seizures. She was transferred to our institution for hepatic transplantation before her diagnosis was established. As a result of rapid identification of the microorganism and supportive care, liver transplantation was avoided, and she recovered fully.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Klara.PosfayBarbe@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Klara M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Pósfay-Barbe
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schrenzel
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Studer
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Korff
authors.forename: Dominique C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Belli
authors.forename: Paloma
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parvex
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Rimensberger
authors.forename: Michela G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Schäppi
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology; D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D010188:Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology