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Some bacteria produce toxins that can cause food poisoning when ingested Intoxication occurs rapidly after eating the food (minutes to hours)
Duration of symptoms usually short (hours to days) |
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Other bacteria “infect” or invade the body, growing to high numbers inside the person and causing symptoms due to direct physical damage to the lining of the intestine, or from toxins released into the blood as they grow
Symptoms may not occur until 2-5 days after the bacteria enters the body, and the infection can linger for weeks or longer
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Food Intoxication
Spore-former
Only grown when NO OXYGEN is present, in canned products, vacuum packaged or under oil
Produces most poetnt neurotoxin known, usually fatal or leaving permanent disability.
Toxin deactivated by boiling for 10 minutes
Does not grow if pH is lower than 4.5
Fruits, vegetables, meat, fish and poultry, from soil and water. |
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Food Intoxication
"Double bucket" symptoms, explosive diarrhea and vomiting at the same time
Seldome causes death, Latency period 1/2 to 8 hours
Common in potato salad or other items that have been chopped & mixed by hand, then left un-regrigerated for more than 2 hours
Contamination from handlers with colds, sore throats or infected cuts, food slicers |
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E. coli 0157:H7
Escherichia coli |
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Food Intoxification
Pathogenic strain that can sause hemolytic uremic syndrome
Illness from undercooked groung beef and contaiminated foods
Latency period 12 to 60 hours,
Symptoms watery, bloody diarrhea
Raw or undercooked beef, raw milk
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Food Infection
Illness from undercooked eggs, raw milk, poultry and eggs
Latency period 12 to 36 hours
Diarrhea, abdomonial pain, chills, fever, vomiting and dehydration |
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Listeriosis
Listeria monoctogenes |
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Food Infection
Latency period 3 to 70 days
Typical foods raw milk, cheese, and vegetables
Illnes from hot dogs, sliced luncheon meat and various ready-to-eat refrigerated foods
CDC reports 500 deaths per year from 2500 cases
causes fetal death in pregnant women |
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