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. 2020 May 20:164:D4444.

[Scombroid food poisoning among hospital personnel]

[Article in Dutch]
Geertruida D van Dijken  1   2 , Peter H Uijttewaal  3 , Susan J J Logtenberg  4 , Sanjay U C Sankatsing  5
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[Scombroid food poisoning among hospital personnel]

[Article in Dutch]
Geertruida D van Dijken et al. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. .

Abstract

Background: Scombroid food poisoning is caused by eating fish with a high concentration of histamine. Histamine is converted from histidine in fish of the Scombroidea family if it is not stored at a sufficiently low temperature. The clinical picture resembles an allergic reaction.

Case description: Twenty-one of our hospital personnel went to the ER, mostly reporting flushing, headache, palpitations and gastro-intestinal symptoms. They had all eaten tuna salad in the staff canteen. The symptoms appeared to be caused by scombroid food poisoning.

Conclusion: As a result of early recognition of the clinical picture and prompt crisis management we were able to prevent the outbreak spreading further.

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