* * Jennifer Schmitz * * Salmonella * * * What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example‚ the name of the bacteria‚ virus‚ or parasite. Samonella is a gram-negative‚ rod-shaped bacilli that can cause diarrheal illnesses in humans. The infectious agent that causes Salmonella is Salmonella Enterditis . Salmonella Enterditis is the infectious agent that breaks out to be salmonella‚ which is usually found in food and when ingested
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Salmonella Outbreak In Chicken Jacqueline Moussa HCS/457 Heather Steiner March 30‚ 2014 Salmonella Outbreak In Raw Chicken Salmonellosis is a type of infection caused a bacterium called Salmonella. This germ has been the cause illness for people across the globe for over 100 years. Some of the symptoms of people infected with salmonella can be life threating; and includes diarrhea‚ fever‚ and severe abdominal pain. This deleterious
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Salmonella Salmonella is a rod shaped‚ gram-negative bacteria‚ which infects humans and other mammals. It is the most common cause of food poisoning and the leading cause of Salmonellosis. Salmonella infects more than 40‚000 people a year in the US and causes 400 deaths a year. It is caused by consuming raw or undercooked food‚ having contact with a person or animal that is infected by salmonella‚ and poor kitchen hygiene. Symptoms of salmonellosis include diarrhea‚ fever and abdominal cramps
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for Disease Control and Prevention says (CDC) “In America about 40‚000 cases of Salmonella are reported every year”. When you hear salmonella you only think salmonella but you really don’t understand what it is. “Salmonella is a bacterium that occurs in the intestines‚ that causes food poisoning”. When contracting the virus there are common symptoms you attract. Christian Nordavist says when infected with Salmonella it causes “typhoid fever‚ gastroenteritis‚ enteric fever and other illnesses”. When
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Salmonella 22APR2013 Salmonella Foodborne illness comes in many varieties‚ with Salmonellosis being one of the most common. Every year‚ approximately 42‚000 cases of Salmonellosis‚ caused by the bacteria Salmonella‚ are reported in the United States‚ with an estimated twenty-nine times that going unreported. There are four serotypes of the bacteria‚ the two most common in the US being Typhimurium and Enteritidis.(CDC‚ 2012). Symptoms include nausea‚ vomiting‚ abdominal pain‚ diarrhea
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Michael J Jordan SCI/163 Professor Gild July 24‚ 2013 Salmonella Salmonella is a common bacterial disease that affects the intestinal tract. It commonly lives in human and animal intestines and are shed through feces. Humans are affected by it mostly from contaminated food or water sources. You are more likely to get infected if you have eaten foods such as turkey‚ chicken‚ or eggs that have not been stored or cooked properly. Being around family members
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Food Borne Illness - Salmonella Food Borne Illness - Salmonella Abstract There are many things in the world that can make a person sick. A lot of times‚ it is a simple matter of just being careless‚ or ignorant of the facts‚ that causes a person to get sick from the foods or animals that they handle. One type of bacteria that can be picked up from these bad practices is Salmonella. If left unchecked‚ or if action isn’t taken‚ then this bacteria has the potential to develop into an illness
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Salmonella Enterica Lindsy Shellhamer Kaplan University Salmonella Enterica There is a lot to know about this bacterium. There are over 2‚500 different serotypes of Salmonella Enterica‚ for example serotype Typhimurium (Pg‚ 355) (Pommerville‚ 2011). Salmonella Enterica can cause many different infections like salmonellosis‚ typhoid fever‚ and gastroenteritis. Because of carelessness in personal hygiene‚ this kind of infection can turn into an outbreak very easily
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Stacey Oliver SCI/163 May 20‚ 2013 Roxann Ieraci‚ RN MSN CNRN CIN Food Borne Illness Salmonellosis is a type of food poisoning borne from the salmonella bacterium. There are many types of this bacterium; however‚ the most common in the United States is Typhimurium and Enteritidis. This illness is contracted by eating contaminated foods with salmonella. Many times the food items become contaminated through the process and handling‚ or the handler may be infected. Most often the contaminated foods
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What does their name mean? There is a great deal of confusion over the naming of Salmonella strains (even the people who work on Salmonella are confused!) but in essence‚ the strains which we will deal with here are generally different serovars of Salmonella enterica. This means that they all belong to the genus Salmonella‚ a division that groups similar‚ though not identical bacteria together. These bacteria are named after the scientist who discovered them‚ Dr. Daniel Salmon. The majority
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