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

• Main Authors: Pereira Maria Lúcia (Author), Carmo Luiz Simeão do (Author), Santos Elisângela José dos (Author), Bergdoll Merlin S. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...