Bacillus cereus is a gram-positive aerobic-to-facultatively anaerobic bacterium that causes gastrointestinal infections. The organism produces an emetic or diarrheal syndrome induced by an emetic toxin and enterotoxin, respectively. The emetic type infections are frequently associated with the consumption of rice-based dishes, while the diarrheal type is transmitted mostly by milk products, vegetables, and meat. B. cereus is also recognized as an infrequent cause of local and systemic nongastrointestinal infections.
Category
Bacterial infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Gastroenteritis or colitis of infectious origin
Bacterial foodborne intoxications
1A13 Foodborne Bacillus cereus intoxication
H00329 Foodborne Bacillus cereus intoxication
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
Infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria
H00329 Foodborne Bacillus cereus intoxication
