digestive disorders
Staphylococcal Food Poisoning
Diagnosis of Staphylococcal Food Poisoning
A doctor's evaluation Sometimes laboratory tests of food The symptoms are usually all a doctor needs to diagnose staphylococcal food poisoning. A diagnosis of staphylococcal food poisoning may be suspected when other people who ate the same food are similarly affected and when the illness can be traced to a single source of contamination. To confirm the diagnosis, a laboratory must identify staphylococci in the suspected food, but this testing is not usually done because the results do not change treatment. 