Liver failure after <i>Bacillus cereus</i> food poisoning, an under-recognized entity: A case report
We describe a rare case of hepatocellular dysfunction due to a foodborne <i>B. cereus</i> intoxication in an adult patient. Even if it is uncommon, the severity of liver dysfunction reported and mechanism of the cereulide toxin toxicity on liver suggest that acetaminophen should be avoided in case of a foodborne intoxication and n-acetylcysteine could be a potential therapy helping to prevent hepatocytes necrosis due to the oxidative stress induced by mitochondrial dysfunction.
Authors
- Marie Ongaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9533-8324)
- Laurent Spahr
- Roger Stephan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1002-4762)
- Laurent Kaiser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0857-2252)
- Olivier Chatelanat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2920-3779)
- Nicolas Goossens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8698-4690)
- Abdessalam Cherkaoui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1801-5935)
- Mikaël de Lorenzi-Tognon
Institutions
- University of Zurich (CH)
- University Hospital of Geneva (CH)
- Geneva College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Hepatology
- Published
- 2024-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v16.i11.1339
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.47