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2020 May 20


Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd


164

[Scombroid food poisoning among hospital personnel].

Authors

van Dijken GD, Uijttewaal PH, Logtenberg SJJ, Sankatsing SUC
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2020 May 20; 164.
PMID: 32613785.

Abstract

Scombroid food poisoning is caused by eating fish with a high concentration of histamine. Histamine is converted from histidine in fish of the Scombroidea family if it is not stored at a sufficiently low temperature. The clinical picture resembles an allergic reaction.