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      <JournalTitle>Frontiers in Medical Case Reports</JournalTitle>
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      <Volume-Issue>Volume 6; Issue 5</Volume-Issue>
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      <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic>
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      <Season>(Sep-Oct, 2025)</Season>
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        <Month>11</Month>
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      <ArticleType>Medical Case Reports</ArticleType>
      <ArticleTitle>Enterococcus spp. and Bacillus cereus Infection in an Outbreak of Foodborne Disease at Babadan Village, Palabuhan Ratu</ArticleTitle>
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      <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage>
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          <FirstName>Luhung</FirstName>
          <LastName>Budiailmiawan</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName>Ryan B.</FirstName>
          <LastName>Ristandi</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName>Budi</FirstName>
          <LastName>Firdaus</LastName>
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      <Abstract>Enterococcus spp. and Bacillus cereus are among the bacteria that cause foodborne diseases. On Mei, 05, 2025, there was an outbreak of food poisoning with symptoms of vomiting and diarrhoea after eating food from the “Haul” ceremony at Babadan village, Palabuhan Ratu, Sukabumi. Data on clinical symptoms, stool examination, and Gram staining from fresh stool were collected from 54 patients. The stool Gram staining was performed with quantification using Clinical Microbiology Proficiency Testing (CMPT). The microbiological culture test (The Vitex MS) on vomit and food material samples was carried out. The results showed that most of the patients were females aged 1-16 years with symptoms being vomiting (54/54:100%), heartburn (1/54:1.9 %), and diarrhoea (4/54:7.4%). The stool Gram examination: Gram-positive oval cocci (spherical or ovoid) bacteria were found, arranged in single cells, pairs (diplococci), or in short chains (51/54:94%) samples; and Gram-positive bacillus-shaped bacteria, which can be single or in short chains (3/54:5.6%) samples, with all were graded at 3 (moderate). The result of the microbiological culture test on vomit and food material samples showed Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus casseliflavus, and Bacillus cereus. It has been found that this outbreak was caused by food contaminated with Enterococcus spp. and Bacillus cereus.</Abstract>
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      <Keywords>Outbreaks,Enterococcus spp,Bacillus cereus,MALDI-TOF</Keywords>
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