Waterman S H, Demarcus T A, Wells J G, Blake P A
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, California.
Epidemiol Infect. 1987 Oct;99(2):349-53. doi: 10.1017/s0950268800067820.
Two waves of vomiting and/or diarrhoea affected approximately 215 of the 715 passengers on a Caribbean cruise ship. The outbreak was independently associated with eating cream-filled pastries at two separate meals. Staphylococcus aureus phage type 85/+ was isolated from cases and pastry cooks, but not from controls. This is the first well-documented outbreak of staphylococcal food poisoning on a cruise ship.