FOOD POISONING AS A CAUSE OF ACUTE LIVER FAILURE

We report a 9-year-old girl with cereulide-producing Bacillus cereus food poisoning, who developed fulminant hepatitis, renal and pancreatic insufficiency, shock, and prolonged seizures. She was transferred to our institution for hepatic transplantation before her diagnosis was established. As a res...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2008-09, Vol.27 (9), p.846-847
Hauptverfasser:	Pósfay-Barbe, Klara M, Schrenzel, Jacques, Frey, Joachim, Studer, René, Korff, Christian, Belli, Dominique C, Parvex, Paloma, Rimensberger, Peter C, Schäppi, Michela G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Kidney Injury - etiology Bacillus cereus - isolation & purification Biological and medical sciences Child Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency - etiology Female Foodborne Diseases - complications Foodborne Diseases - microbiology Foodborne Diseases - therapy Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - complications Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - therapy Humans Infectious diseases Liver Failure, Acute - etiology Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas Medical sciences Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases Nephropathies. Renovascular diseases. Renal failure Other diseases. Semiology Renal failure Seizures - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:	We report a 9-year-old girl with cereulide-producing Bacillus cereus food poisoning, who developed fulminant hepatitis, renal and pancreatic insufficiency, shock, and prolonged seizures. She was transferred to our institution for hepatic transplantation before her diagnosis was established. As a result of rapid identification of the microorganism and supportive care, liver transplantation was avoided, and she recovered fully.
ISSN:	0891-3668 1532-0987
DOI:	10.1097/INF.0b013e318170f2ae