Bad food

This case was a typical one but one that healthy middle aged woman.

After eating a hotdog and a pizza at a well known wholesale food court within one and a half hours, she developed severe abdominal cramps and profuse watery diarrhea. She also had nausea and vomiting for the rest of the day.

She was taken to the ER and was given a massive amount IV fluids and antiemetics(anti vomiting medication) and within two days she fully recovered.

What was the problem?

It was most likely staphylococcus aureus, which is an exotoxin related illness. Given that the patient's symptoms had a very acute onset within 3-6 hours after her meal and her very fast recovery.