Fulminant liver failure in association with the emetic toxin of Bacillus cereus

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1142-1148

  Mahler, Hellmut ^a,b   Pasi, Aurelio ^a   Kramer, John M ^c   Schulte, Petra ^a   Scoging, Anne C ^c   Bär, Walter ^a   Krähenbühl, Stephan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHARCOAL; DOMPERIDONE; MECLOZINE; PARACETAMOL; THIETHYLPERAZINE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BRAIN EDEMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 0030985809     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199704173361604     Document Type: Article

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