Editing Bacillus cereus (section)

=== Prognosis ===
Most emetic patients recover within 6 to 24 hours,<ref name="pmid155387092"/> but in some cases, the toxin can be fatal via [[fulminant hepatic failure]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Takabe F, Oya M | title = An autopsy case of food poisoning associated with Bacillus cereus | journal = Forensic Science | volume = 7 | issue = 2 | pages = 97–101 | date = March–April 1976 | pmid = 823082 | doi = 10.1016/0300-9432(76)90024-8 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Mahler H, Pasi A, Kramer JM, Schulte P, Scoging AC, Bär W, Krähenbühl S | title = Fulminant liver failure in association with the emetic toxin of Bacillus cereus | journal = The New England Journal of Medicine | volume = 336 | issue = 16 | pages = 1142–1148 | date = April 1997 | pmid = 9099658 | doi = 10.1056/NEJM199704173361604 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Dierick K, Van Coillie E, Swiecicka I, Meyfroidt G, Devlieger H, Meulemans A, Hoedemaekers G, Fourie L, Heyndrickx M, Mahillon J | display-authors = 6 | title = Fatal family outbreak of Bacillus cereus-associated food poisoning | journal = Journal of Clinical Microbiology | volume = 43 | issue = 8 | pages = 4277–4279 | date = August 2005 | pmid = 16082000 | pmc = 1233987 | doi = 10.1128/JCM.43.8.4277-4279.2005 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Shiota M, Saitou K, Mizumoto H, Matsusaka M, Agata N, Nakayama M, Kage M, Tatsumi S, Okamoto A, Yamaguchi S, Ohta M, Hata D | display-authors = 6 | title = Rapid detoxification of cereulide in Bacillus cereus food poisoning | journal = Pediatrics | volume = 125 | issue = 4 | pages = e951–e955 | date = April 2010 | pmid = 20194285 | doi = 10.1542/peds.2009-2319 | s2cid = 19744459 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Naranjo M, Denayer S, Botteldoorn N, Delbrassinne L, Veys J, Waegenaere J, Sirtaine N, Driesen RB, Sipido KR, Mahillon J, Dierick K | display-authors = 6 | title = Sudden death of a young adult associated with Bacillus cereus food poisoning | journal = Journal of Clinical Microbiology | volume = 49 | issue = 12 | pages = 4379–4381 | date = December 2011 | pmid = 22012017 | pmc = 3232990 | doi = 10.1128/JCM.05129-11 }}</ref> In 2014, 23 newborns in the UK receiving [[total parenteral nutrition]] contaminated with ''B.&nbsp;cereus'' developed [[sepsis]], with three of the infants later dying as a result of infection.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 June 2014 |title=Medical safety alert: Lipid Phase only of Parenteral Nutrition – potential contamination with ''Bacillus cereus'' |url=https://www.gov.uk/drug-device-alerts/drug-alert-lipid-phase-only-of-parenteral-nutrition-potential-contamination-with-bacillus-cereus |publisher=UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | vauthors = Cooper C |date=1 July 2014 |title=Third baby dies from contaminated 'Total Parenteral Nutrition' drip feed |work=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/third-baby-dies-from-contaminated-total-parenteral-nutrition-drip-feed-9576663.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418220544/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/third-baby-dies-from-contaminated-total-parenteral-nutrition-drip-feed-9576663.html |archive-date=18 April 2019}}</ref>