Staphylococcal food poisoning from cream-filled cake in a metropolitan area of South-Eastern Brazil

Twelve people became ill with vomiting and diarrhoea approximately four hours after eating cake with a cream filling at a birthday party and on the day following. The cake had been prepared by a food handler who had long experience in preparing foods for such functions. Staphylococcus aureus that pr...

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Main Authors: Maria Lúcia Pereira, Luiz Simeão do Carmo, Elisângela José dos Santos, Merlin S. Bergdoll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1994-12-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89101994000600003&lng=en&tlng=en