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Food poisoning: an underestimated cause of Boerhaave syndrome

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  1. Max von Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Medizinische Fakultät, LMU München, Munich, Germany

    Karl Dichtl & Martin B. Koeppel

  2. German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany

    Martin B. Koeppel

  3. Labor Staber & Kollegen, Munich, Germany

    Martin B. Koeppel

  4. Klinik und Poliklinik für Radiologie, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany

    Claus-Peter Wallner

  5. Department of Anaesthesiology, Klinikum Freising, Freising, Germany

    Thomas Marx

  6. Institut für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

    Johannes Wagener

  7. Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany

    Ludwig Ney

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Dichtl, K., Koeppel, M.B., Wallner, CP. et al. Food poisoning: an underestimated cause of Boerhaave syndrome. Infection 48, 125–128 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-019-01367-6

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Keywords

  • Boerhaave syndrome
  • Esophageal perforation
  • Food poisoning
  • Bacillus cereus
  • Food borne disease