Disease of the Week: Rapid Onset Food Poisoning

Aug 14th, 2007 | By | Category: Medicine

After attending a retreat yesterday, I returned home to a night (and morning) of violent vomiting. Quick quiz: what causes rapid-onset food poisoning, as defined by profuse vomiting less than six hours after eating? Anything with pre-formed toxins, of course!

Our selections:

1. Staphylococcus Aureus (from snot)
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2. Bacillus cereus (from improperly cooked and refrigerated starches)
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Snot or rot. Snot or rot? Which is less nauseating to you?

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  1. thomas robey August 15th, 2007 8:25 pm :

    clever.

    i’d vote for rot. i think it’s more likely to generate a larger quantity of toxin.

    sorry to hear of your illness.

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