We strongly suspect that it's
bacterial food poisoning STEVE LOMAX OF TRAVEL LAW FIRM SIMPSON MILLAR
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.
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.
Doctors say classic
bacterial food poisoning usually runs its course in about a day.
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.
Acute infectious diarrheal diseases and
bacterial food poisoning. In: Harrison's principles of internal medicine.
Bacterial food poisoning is by far the most common.
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.
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.
People who have had
bacterial food poisoning may have potential for illness other than just the temporary inconvenience of diarrhea and vomiting.
A number of appendices deal with consumer protection legislation,
bacterial food poisoning, vitamins, food additives and weights and measures.
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.
