Tuesday, October 7, 2008
*quick overview about bacillus cereus
*This type of bacteria grows because of improperly cooked foods. They are compounded when the food is improperly stored; for instancenot refrigerated properly.The bacterial spores get into the foods people eat and cause illness. *There is two types of illnesses that come with bacillus cereus; diarrhoeal and emetic. Diarrhoeal is cramp like abdominal pains and watery diarrhea, beginning 8 to 16 hours after eating and are related to the lower intestine. Cereus more severe and acute and are nausea and vomiting beginning 1 to 6 hours after eating and are related mainly to the upper intestine. This illness is not spread from person to person. It is in the body system for 12 to 24 hours.
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3 comments:
Very interesting, kind of gross.
.....interesting....(amanda)
Wow this blog is great....
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