| H00329 | |
| H number | H00329 |
| Name | Foodborne Bacillus cereus intoxication |
| Description | Bacillus cereus is a gram-positive aerobic-to-facultatively anaerobic bacterium that causes gastrointestinal infections. The organism produces an emetic or diarrheal syndrome induced by an emetic toxin and enterotoxin, respectively. The emetic type infections are frequently associated with the consumption of rice-based dishes, while the diarrheal type is transmitted mostly by milk products, vegetables, and meat. B. cereus is also recognized as an infrequent cause of local and systemic nongastrointestinal infections. |
| Category | Bacterial infectious disease |
| Network | - |
| Gene | - |
| Pathogen | Bacillus cereus [GN:bcr bcb bcu bcg bcx bnc] Bacillus cytotoxicus [GN:bcy] |
| Env factor | - |
| Carcinogen | - |
| Drug | - |
| Comment | - |
| Other DBs | ICD-11: 1A13 ICD-10: A05.4 MeSH: D016863 |
| Reference | PMID:8269390 AUTHORS Drobniewski FA TITLE Bacillus cereus and related species. JOURNAL Clin Microbiol Rev 6:324-38 (1993) DOI:10.1128/cmr.6.4.324 PMID:20375358 AUTHORS Bottone EJ TITLE Bacillus cereus, a volatile human pathogen. JOURNAL Clin Microbiol Rev 23:382-98 (2010) DOI:10.1128/CMR.00073-09 PMID:10742691 AUTHORS Kotiranta A, Lounatmaa K, Haapasalo M TITLE Epidemiology and pathogenesis of Bacillus cereus infections. JOURNAL Microbes Infect 2:189-98 (2000) DOI:10.1016/S1286-4579(00)00269-0 PMID:15771198 AUTHORS Schoeni JL, Wong AC TITLE Bacillus cereus food poisoning and its toxins. JOURNAL J Food Prot 68:636-48 (2005) DOI:10.4315/0362-028X-68.3.636 |