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ESBL-Producing Bacteria — From Chicken Free
- August 3, 2011
- Thomas Glück, MD
- Infectious Diseases
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase–producing Escherichia coli, detected in 94% of retail chicken meat samples in the Netherlands, is probably transmitted through the food chain to humans.- Reviewing:
- Leverstein-van Hall MA et al., Clin Microbiol Infect 2011 Jun; 17:873.
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Botulism from a Commercial Food Source
- September 12, 2007
- Stephen G. Baum, MD
- Infectious Diseases
Commercially produced chili sauce has been implicated in four cases of botulism in two states and may be responsible for more.- Reviewing:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)., MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2007 Aug 3; 56:767-9.
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The Changing Epidemiology of Listeriosis
- March 14, 2007
- Stephen G. Baum, MD
- Infectious Diseases
Although public health measures have decreased the incidence of listeriosis, additional food sources have been identified, and pregnant and immunocompromised persons are still at risk.- Reviewing:
- Voetsch AC et al., Clin Infect Dis 2007 Feb 15; 44:513-20. Varma JK et al., Clin Infect Dis 2007 Feb 15; 44:521-8. Goulet V., Clin Infect Dis 2007 Feb 15; 44:529-30.
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Rats! Here Comes Salmonella Again
- May 20, 2005
- Stephen G. Baum, MD
- Infectious Diseases
Each year, about 1.4 million people in the U.S. contract salmonellosis; about 15,000 of them are hospitalized, and more than 400 die. The most common . . .- Reviewing:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)., MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2005 May 6; 54:429-33.
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A Novel Cause of Food Poisoning — Something's Fishy Free
- February 1, 2012
- Stephen G. Baum, MD
- Infectious Diseases
A recently described marine parasite, acquired through ingestion of raw fish, was identified as the cause of several foodborne illness outbreaks in Japan.- Reviewing:
- Kawai T et al., Clin Infect Dis 2012 Jan 26;:
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Molecular Biology Enhances Salmonella Surveillance
- February 23, 2001
- R Ellison
- Infectious Diseases
Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium is such a ubiquitous cause of foodborne disease that it has often been difficult to detect specific outbreaks. In 1994, the . . .- Reviewing:
- Bender JB et al., N Engl J Med 2001 Jan 18; 344:
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Alfalfa Sprouts: Potential High-Risk Source of Salmonella
- March 1, 1999
- N Blacklow
- Infectious Diseases
Public health surveillance of foodborne illness can identify novel mechanisms for transmitting infection. For example, when epidemiologists from Canada and the U.S. detected a sharp . . .- Reviewing:
- Van Beneden CA et al., JAMA 1999 Jan 13; 281:
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FoodNet 1997
- December 1, 1998
- R Horsburgh
- Infectious Diseases
In 1996, in response to several well-publicized multistate outbreaks of foodborne disease, the CDC, USDA, FDA, and state and local health departments initiated active surveillance . . .- Reviewing:
- , MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1998 Sep 25; 47:782-6.
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