INTRODUCTION: @entity794 is a common cause of @entity1794 in Australia with several outbreaks associated with foods prepared by commercial caterers. Laboratory testing on cases of @entity344 caused by @entity11765 -producing @entity794 is not routinely done as this condition is self-limiting. Hence outbreaks of such illness may go undetected. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was conducted among a group of tourists who were hospitalized in Sydney shortly after flying from Queensland. The group had consumed food prepared by a restaurant on the Gold Coast before transit. Laboratory analyses on stool specimens were conducted in Sydney. An environmental assessment of the restaurant in the Gold Coast was conducted, and environmental specimens were assessed for contamination. RESULTS: Epidemiological investigations linked the outbreak to a restaurant in the Gold Coast where the suspected food was produced. Stool samples from two of the hospitalized cases were confirmed to have @entity11765 -producing @entity794 , and several environmental samples were found to be contaminated with @entity794 as well. Investigations suggested that absence of hand washing and other unhygienic food handling at the implicated restaurant was the likely cause of this outbreak. CONCLUSION: @entity6766 due to toxin-mediated @entity794 is frequently undetected and underreported. Public health units should consider toxin-producing pathogens such as @entity794 when investigating outbreaks where @entity391 is the predominant symptom and occurs rapidly after consuming food.

Investigating an outbreak of XXXX among travellers across two Australian states.

@entity6766 :: ('MESH:D005517', 'Disease') :: ['Food poisoning'] @entity1794 :: ('MESH:D013202', 'Disease') :: ['staphylococcal food poisoning'] @entity391 :: ('MESH:D014839', 'Disease') :: ['vomiting'] @entity794 :: ('1280', 'Species') :: ['Staphylococcus aureus', 'S. aureus'] @entity344 :: ('MESH:D005767', 'Disease') :: ['gastrointestinal illness'] @entity11765 :: ('MESH:D004768', 'Chemical') :: ['enterotoxin']
@entity1794 :: (MESH:D013202,Disease) :: ['staphylococcal food poisoning']
