Fulminant hepatic failure is one of the most feared complications
caused by emetic B. cereus strains. In this case, the liver
damage was mild and could not be the only explanation for the
sudden death of a healthy young man. Therefore, and because
of the presence of diarrhea, together with the severe colonic
necrosis, PCR assays that detect the presence of enterotoxin
genes were applied to the samples.