Monday, December 21, 2015

Are You Serious?

A family comes into urgent care, all complaining of abdominal cramps, nausea, and vomiting. One of them also has diarrhea. Earlier today, they ate fried rice.

Challenge: What's the diagnosis?

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3 comments:

  1. webhillizzyDecember 22, 2015 at 8:36 AM

    Fried rice syndrome - bacillus cereus poisoning.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2016 at 2:46 AM

    Bacillus cereus

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  3. CraigJanuary 7, 2016 at 8:06 PM

    yes! most people found this one interesting and easy to remember in med school.
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    Are You Serious?

    This is infection from Bacillus cereus. The gram stain shows gram positive bacilli.

    Sources: UpToDate; phil.cdc.gov.

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