Bacillus cereus as the main casual agent of foodborne outbreaks in Southern Brazil
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Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5225776 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Silvia Adriana Mayer Lentz (0000-0002-0118-6797, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Paula Marques Rivas (0000-0002-4751-3829, Coordenadoria Geral de Vigilância em Saúde de Porto Alegre, Brasil), Marisa Ribeiro De Itapema Cardoso (0000-0001-6115-6146, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Daiana De Lima Morales (Hospital das Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brasil), Fabiana Cassel Centenaro (Coordenadoria Geral de Vigilância em Saúde de Porto Alegre, Brasil), Andreza Francisco Martins (0000-0001-6227-1920, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | e00057417-e00057417 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/0102-311x00057417 |
| PMID | 29617482 |
| OpenAlex | W2801091077 |
| SciELO | S0102-311X2018000406001 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
Foodborne diseases are a global concern. In Brazil, the most prevalent pathogen found in foodborne outbreaks is Salmonella sp. (14.4%), followed by Staphylococcus aureus (7.7%), Escherichia coli (6.5%), and Bacillus cereus (3.1%). With the aim to perform a regional detailed analysis of foodborne intoxication, we analyzed 253 outbreaks' profile reports to Food Surveillance team of the General Secretariat of Health Surveillance of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, between 2003 and 2013. In contrast to what was most notified in Brazil, in Porto Alegre the main outbreak agent identified was Bacillus cereus (32.2%) and, based on the patient symptoms, most cases were linked to enterotoxin production. The majority of the outbreaks were linked to the ingestion of food containing cereals or sauces poorly kept at environment temperature during the stock or preparation. We believe that, due to the compulsory use of pasteurized eggs in our city, Salmonella sp. outbreaks are less important here
Bacillus cereus · Bacteria · Biology · Casual · Cereus · Environmental health · Food poisoning · Geography · Outbreak · Pasteurization · Salmonella · Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research · Food Safety and Hygiene · Food Science · Medicine · Microbiology · Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology · Virology
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |