Fried rice syndrome is a food borne disease.
The food borne fried rice syndrome disease is caused by food intoxication of and by Bacillus cereus, a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, aerobic, and facultative anaerobic, motile, beta hemolytic bacterium commonly found in soil and food.
The symptoms of fried rice syndrome.
The first type of toxin of fried rice syndrome is released in the small intestine after the bacteria are ingested, and causes diarrhea, cramps and occasionally nausea but rarely vomiting.
Symptoms of the fried rice syndrome typically begin 6 to 15 hours after eating contaminated foods, which can include various meats, milk, vegetables or fish.
Bacillus cereus is caused by the ingestion of food contaminated with enterotoxigenic B. cereus or the emetic toxin.
In non-gastrointestinal illness, reports of respiratory infections similar to respiratory anthrax have been attributed to B.
What are the symptoms of Bacillus cereus?
The first type causes watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and pain.
The symptoms can begin 6 to 15 hours after eating contaminated food.
The second type of illness is called the emetic form.
This type is characterized by nausea and vomiting that begins ½ hour to 6 hours after eating the contaminated food.