Microbial Diseases of the Digestive System

Microbial Diseases of the Digestive System Microbial Diseases of the Digestive System

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Salmonellosis • Contamination • Meats, poultry, eggs, pet reptiles (turtles) • Undercooked or Raw Eggs • Hollandaise sauce • Cookie batter • Caesar salads • “Sunny side up” fried eggs

Typhoid Fever • Salmonella typhi - most virulent Salmonella • Only found in humans (feces) • Systemic disease • Spreads thru body, found in blood, urine, feces • Mortality rate 1-2 %, used to be 10 % • Was common before days of proper sewage treatment • Still common in Third World countries

Typhoid Fever<br />

• Salmonella typhi - most virulent Salmonella<br />

• Only found in humans (feces)<br />

• <strong>System</strong>ic disease<br />

• Spreads thru body, found in blood, urine, feces<br />

• Mortality rate 1-2 %, used to be 10 %<br />

• Was common before days <strong>of</strong> proper sewage<br />

treatment<br />

• Still common in Third World countries

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