bacterial food poisoning


Also found in: Dictionary.

bac·te·ri·al food poi·son·ing

a term commonly used to refer to conditions limited to enteritis or gastroenteritis (excluding the enteric fevers and the dysenteries) caused by bacterial multiplication itself or by a soluble bacterial exotoxin.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

bac·te·ri·al food poi·son·ing

(bak-tēr'ē-ăl fūd poy'zŏn-ing)
A term commonly used to refer to conditions limited to enteritis or gastroenteritis (excluding the enteric fevers and the dysenteries) caused by bacterial multiplication itself or by a soluble bacterial exotoxin.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

bac·te·ri·al food poi·son·ing

(bak-tēr'ē-ăl fūd poy'zŏn-ing)
Term commonly used to refer to conditions limited to enteritis or gastroenteritis (excluding the enteric fevers and the dysenteries) caused by bacterial multiplication itself or by a soluble bacterial exotoxin.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
We strongly suspect that it's bacterial food poisoning STEVE LOMAX OF TRAVEL LAW FIRM SIMPSON MILLAR
BRITS' HOL HELL; 18 on drips in new eruption of food bug at Thomas Cook compo hotel
Along with Kisun Yoon, assistant professor at UMES, and graduate student Candace Burnette, he has new findings on Campylobacter, the leading cause of bacterial food poisoning worldwide.
Poultry pathogen models for predictive microbiology
Tomatoes have been identified as the source of the outbreak of this form of bacterial food poisoning among people who attended the games as well as 12 visitors to the theme park who did not attend the games.
Salmonella outbreak at US Transplant Games strikes 3 competitors, more than 140 attendees, CDC/NKF report
Doctors say classic bacterial food poisoning usually runs its course in about a day.
House call: expert advice on health and fitness
When these drugs were approved for animals in 1995, only 1 percent of Campylobacter, the most common cause of bacterial food poisoning, was resistant to fluoroquinolones.
Playing chicken with disease: how industrial farming spawns drug-resistant "superbugs". (Lay Of The Land)
Acute infectious diarrheal diseases and bacterial food poisoning. In: Harrison's principles of internal medicine.
Scombroid Fish Poisoning -- Pennsylvania, 1998
Bacterial food poisoning is by far the most common.
CHEF INSPECTOR
Dr Arora said washing hands frequently and avoiding eating in places where hygiene could be compromised were the best safeguards but added that between 70 to 80 per cent of bacterial food poisoning cases could be self-treated.
Doctors sound alert on food poisoning
The number of cases of bacterial food poisoning in Merseyside is usually between one and nine a week,but 21 cases have been reported together.
Barbecues blamed for stomach bugs rise
People who have had bacterial food poisoning may have potential for illness other than just the temporary inconvenience of diarrhea and vomiting.
Arthritis from foodborne bacteria?
A number of appendices deal with consumer protection legislation, bacterial food poisoning, vitamins, food additives and weights and measures.
Examine Your Own Food
The chapters are entitled: Introduction; Infective bacterial food poisoning; Toxic bacterial food poisoning; Other bacterial pathogens; Mycotoxic fungi; Viruses and protozoa; Laboratory diagnosis; Epidemiology; Microbiological control of food production; and Food safety and food legislation.
Microbial Food Poisoning

Medical browser ?
Full browser ?