Aftereffects of a tainted meal

A 58-year-old man presented with profuse diarrhea, abdominal distention, flatulence, weakness, and a 15-lb weight loss. The initial symptoms of nausea and vomiting had begun a week earlier, within hours of eating chicken that had not been well wrapped when purchased. Two days after symptom onset, he...

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Published inHospital practice (1995) Vol. 33; no. 12; p. 16, 21
Main Authors Cutolo, E, Steigelfest, E, Adelman, H M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 15.12.1998
Subjects
Animals
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nausea - microbiology
Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis - complications
Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis - diagnosis
Poultry - microbiology
Staphylococcal Food Poisoning - complications
Staphylococcal Food Poisoning - diagnosis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vomiting - microbiology
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Summary:A 58-year-old man presented with profuse diarrhea, abdominal distention, flatulence, weakness, and a 15-lb weight loss. The initial symptoms of nausea and vomiting had begun a week earlier, within hours of eating chicken that had not been well wrapped when purchased. Two days after symptom onset, he received intravenous rehydration therapy at another hospital. With resolution of the nausea and vomiting, he felt slightly better and went home against medical advice. He had not had fever, chills, hematochezia, melena, hematemesis, or dysuria.
ISSN:2154-8331