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| Carmo,Luiz Simeão do; Dias,Ricardo Souza; Linardi,Valter Roberto; Sena,Maria José de; Santos,Deise Aparecida dos. |
| An outbreak of staphylococcal food poisoning involving 42 people who had eaten a meal at a restaurant in the Municipality of Passos, Minas Gerais, Brazil, is reported. Thirty-one of the individuals became ill with vomiting, diarrhea and dizziness within 30 minutes after eating the meal. The foods suspected were: chicken pancake, rice, beans, tomato sauce and mashed chick-peas. Large numbers (> 2.0x10(8) CFU/g) of enterotoxigenic staphylococci were present in the chicken pancake. These strains produced enterotoxins A, B and D. Swabs from the nasal cavity and throat and from under the fingernails of food handlers were cultured for the detection of enterotoxigenic staphylococci carriers. Four out of five of them were healthy carriers of enterotoxin A, B, C... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Staphylococcal enterotoxin; Food poisoning; Staphylococci; Food handlers. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132003000400012 |
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