What are the clinical symptoms caused by the heat-labile and heat-stable toxins?

What are the clinical symptoms caused by the heat-labile and heat-stable toxins?



Answer: Rapid onset (<5 hours) of vomiting and nausea following ingestion of food is classic for heat-stable toxin. Onset of voluminous, watery, nonbloody diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain after an incubation period up to 16 hours is characteristic of heat-labile toxin.



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