Salmonella

As previously noted, the largest concern with salmonella outbreaks are the cross contamination of foods. You could control the host corner of the triad if a people could avoid the commonly known foods that have outbreaks due to salmonella, however this somewhat difficult for some and therefore is a personal decision. Our most logical option to control the spread of salmonella is by using proper food handling and storing techniques to avoid cross contamination…

Multiple Drug Resistant Salmonella Outbreak Starting on April 25th, 2015 and ending somewhere around October 10th, 2015, 192 reported cases of a multiple drug resistant strain of Salmonella occurred in a span of 5 states. Salmonella is an infection that continuously seems to pester people year after year with multiple reports. This bacteria has multiple strains and is known widely throughout America. Most strains of this bacteria aren’t normally fatal, but just like any other bacteria, under…

Feces of patients that have symptoms of food poisoning or typhoid fever are cultured for Salmonella. Often, the preliminary diagnosis is first suggested by recognition of an outbreak (multiple patients having symptoms of a disease all at about the same time and often from the same food or water source). Again, many organisms and toxins can cause food poisoning, so it is sometimes difficult to determine the outbreak's cause. Usually, the laboratory needs to be notified that S. spp. is suspected…

irregular. Another easy way to prevent contamination is to stick with the recommended dates on the food labels. Our classmate Ron mentioned E.Coli and Salmonella, these two are food borne bacterias with salmonella being the most common cause of illness in the US. Foods contain different natural toxins, but can come to have some that are harmful. Salmonella is a food borne bacteria that have many strains. It is generally found in animals and human feces. This bacteria can spread in raw meats,…

have heard your mother tell you not to eat the raw cookie dough or you'll get Salmonella. Well it turns out mom does know best. She wasn’t lieing. Salmonella and E-Coli are so very similar but in some ways different. Salmonella is the name of the group of over 2,500 types of bacteria that most commonly causes food poisoning in humans and animals. Salmonella is spread by ingesting foods that are contaminated by salmonella such as raw eggs, raw meat, eggs, fruits, vegetables, and contaminated…

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S.Typhimurium) Xylose lysine deoxycholate (XLD) agar. Microbial classification  Salmonella species are one of the most commonly seen foodborne pathogens, affecting animals and humans worldwide (4,7,12,17,19).  The serological clarification of Salmonella serovars may be determined by commercially accessible polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), which…

Each member of my class was given a plate of agar and a random number that correspond to the plate of agar. I was given the number 191. The agar contain a bacteria growth. In the end of my experiments I realize my unknown organism was Salmonella Typhimurium. Salmonella Typhimurium was originally isolated in 1880 by Karl J. Erberth. S. typhimurium is a multi-organ pathogen that inhabits the lymphatic tissues of the small intestine, liver, spleen, and bloodstream of infected humans. It is not…

Some of the oldest pathogens, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi.is known as Salmonella Typhi and students could confuse them with any other of the many many forms of Salmonella enterica at first glance. We know this bacterium as the cause of Typhoid. In the world of microbiology, it is known to be gram negative, it does not hold the violet dye in testing. It is both aerobic and anaerobic. In other words, it is a facultative anaerobe. It belongs to the genus Salmonella and the family…

Research Experience Metabolic Integration in Salmonella enterica: My first research experience began with a summer internship in the Bacteriology department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, investigating the compensatory mechanisms involved in metabolic integration. The overarching goal was to identify the changes and alternative pathways required to sustain life in a Salmonella enterica strain whose thiamine (vitamin B1) biosynthetic gene, thiH, had been replaced by an equivalent…

Poultry products are a major source of Salmonella infection in humans. In Australia, currently there are no published studies describing antimicrobial resistance pattern in Salmonella isolated from commercial egg farm or eggs. However, results from the Australian Reference Centre have shown differences in resistance pattern in Salmonella isolates recovered from egg and meat producing chickens (Australian Salmonella Reference Centre, 2009). Of the 1475 meat chicken isolates, 31…