Twenty-Five People Developed Symptoms of Nausea, Vomiting, and Diarrhea Three

question 58

Multiple Choice

Twenty-five people developed symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea three to six hours after attending a church picnic where they ate a ham and green bean casserole with cream sauce. The most likely cause of this case of food intoxication is

• A) erythrogenic toxin.
• B) aflatoxin.
• C) cholera toxin.
• D) staphylococcal enterotoxin.
• E) botulinum toxin.

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