A child is presenting with vomiting and abdominal pain after 5 hours of eating some food. The most likely causative organism
→ Food poisoning presenting within 6 hours is seen:

Staph aureus and
B. cereus.

→ Cl. Botulinum causes constipation (not diarrhea) and the incubation period is about 18-24 hours.
→ V. cholerare has incubation period > 16 hours.
Bacillus cereus
C. perfringens
Cl. Botulinum
V. cholerae