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Food Toxin Consume S.Aureus Preformed Cook Cut Hand

Food poisoning by Staphylococcus aureus occurs when the preformed toxin survives cooking, causing nausea and vomiting.

La intoxicación alimentaria por Staphylococcus aureus ocurre cuando la toxina preformada sobrevive a la cocción, causando náuseas y vómitos.

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Cook with cut on their hand prepares a well cooked meal. Patrons consume food and get sick 4 hrs later 

Disease
Pathogenesis
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S.aureus
Food poisoning

Introduce S.aureus and its enterotoxin into food
Cooking food kills most of the bacteria but does not destroy toxin
Bug is dead but preformed toxin is alive
People consume the food with preformed toxin
Nausea | Vomiting

Tags: microbiology

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