Lessons learnt from a birthday party: a Bacillus cereus outbreak, Bari, Italy, January 2012

INTRODUCTION: Bacillus cereus, a ubiquitous bacterium, can be isolated in various starchy food items, causing both emetic and diarrhoeal disease. The real burden of B. cereus outbreaks is actually poorly known in Italy. We report a B. cereus foodborne outbreak that occurred in a pub in Bari (Italy)...

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Main Authors: Domenico Martinelli, Francesca Fortunato, Silvio Tafuri, Vanessa Cozza, Maria Chironna, Cinzia Germinario, Biagio Pedalino, Rosa Prato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2013-12-01
Series:Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712013000400012&lng=en&tlng=en