Edited by
Shabbir Simjee

2007

Many of us have suffered from what we believed may have been a foodborne illness, and have suffered at home without seeking clinical care because we knew it was likely to be over in a day or so. However, foodborne illness may present under unusual circumstances, as I know from having been a victim of a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella serotype Agona present in a toasted oat cereal in May of 1998 (JAMA 280 (5):411).