The Southeast District Health Department confirmed an outbreak of salmonellosis in the Blackfoot area Tuesday. The four laboratory-confirmed cases are currently under investigation.
The environmental health supervisor for the health department Mike Reas said because the source of the contamination hasn’t been pinpointed yet, the health department is currently interviewing people who have the symptoms
The Southeastern District Health Department is reporting four confirmed cases of salmonella in the Pocatello area. Salmonella is a bacterial infection generally associated with contaminated foods.
Symptoms include diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 6 to 72 hours after infection. Symptoms that can last anywhere from 4 to 7 days. In some cases, it can be
Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria is an emerging and increasing threat to human health. Physicians should be aware that antimicrobial resistance is increasing in foodborne pathogens and that patients who are prescribed antibiotics are at increased risk for acquiring antimicrobial resistant foodborne infections. In addition, “[i]increased frequency of treatment failures for acute illiness and increased severity of infection may be manifested by prolonged duration of illness, increased frequency of bloodstream infections, increased hospitalization or increased mortality.”[1]
The use of antimicrobial agents in the feed of food animals is estimated by the FDA to be over 100 million pounds per year. Estimates range from 36% to 70% of all antibiotics produced in the United Sates are used in a food animal feed or in prophylactic treatment to prevent animal disease. The use in of antibiotics is thought to promote growth and to prevent disease on in beef, pig, turkey and chicken production as well as fish farms and some fruit and vegetable farming.[2]Continue Reading Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria
Bacteria acquired up to 90 percent of their genetic material from distantly related bacteria species, according to new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson. The finding has important biomedical implications because such gene-swapping, or lateral gene transfer, is the way many pathogenic bacteria pick up antibiotic resistance or become more virulent.
Being able
The FDA has proposed to change food labeling rules to permit the egg industry to place a safe handling statement on the inside of egg cartons, as long as the statement "Keep Refrigerated" still appears on the side or top panel.
The proposed regulation would apply to shell eggs that haven’t been treated to destroy
Vienna Elementary School has learned that a person had salmonella Tuesday after they went to the doctor with diarrhea and stomach cramps, reports Katie Sabatino of WTAP News.
While this is the only confirmed case within the school, officials aren’t taking any chances. The cafeteria, bathrooms, hallways, and classrooms have been disinfected and letters have
Foodborne illnesses, such as E. coli, Salmonella, Listeria, and Hepatitis A, have been the topic of news reports across the nation in recent months. With media attention on product recalls and outbreaks comes consumers’ need to know about foodborne pathogens. Marler Clark, the Seattle law firm that has represented thousands of victims of foodborne illness
Cases of salmonella in Washington, Oregon and Idaho have been linked by public health officials to baby chicks from a Walla Walla hatchery. About a dozen people from the three states have fallen ill, reports the Tri-City Herald.
Phinney Hatchery mails about 1 million baby birds each year from Alaska to Utah. The birds also
State Health Department officials said today that they are trying to determine the source of bacteria that has caused at least nine people to become ill with salmonella after eating at Cafe Santa Fe in Benton.
The restaurant will reopen after approval from the state Health Department to assure that no possible sources of contamination
Nine people from New Mexico and four other states have been reported with salmonella infections in the past two months, and six of those cases are linked to young poultry from a New Mexico hatchery. The state Health Department is not identifying the hatchery pending the completion of the investigation.
Seven of the nine cases