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Food-Borne Diseases: E. coli 0157:H7

E. coli 0157:H7Food-Borne DiseasesIntroductionE. coli 0157:H7CamphylobacterSalmonellaShigellaListeriaTrichinosis The E. coli bacterium lives everywhere in the environment, though it is particularly…

Food-Borne Diseases: Introduction

IntroductionFood-Borne DiseasesIntroductionE. coli 0157:H7CamphylobacterSalmonellaShigellaListeriaTrichinosisIn 1993 in Seattle, Washington, several school-aged children became ill, suffering from…

Food-Borne Diseases: Listeria

ListeriaFood-Borne DiseasesIntroductionE. coli 0157:H7CamphylobacterSalmonellaShigellaListeriaTrichinosis Doctors and epidemiologists often overlook Listeria, another food-borne bacterium, as a…

Food-Borne Diseases: Salmonella

SalmonellaFood-Borne DiseasesIntroductionE. coli 0157:H7CamphylobacterSalmonellaShigellaListeriaTrichinosis The Salmonella bacterium was first isolated from a pig's intestine by American…

Food-Borne Diseases: Shigella

ShigellaFood-Borne DiseasesIntroductionE. coli 0157:H7CamphylobacterSalmonellaShigellaListeriaTrichinosis Shigella is a bacterium that thrives in the intestines and causes sudden, severe diarrhea.…

Food-Borne Diseases: Trichinosis

TrichinosisFood-Borne DiseasesIntroductionE. coli 0157:H7CamphylobacterSalmonellaShigellaListeriaTrichinosis Eating raw or undercooked meats, especially pork, but also bear, fox, dog, wolf, horse,…

Fungal Infections: Fighting Fungus

Fighting FungusFungal InfectionsIntroductionTypes of InfectionFungal Infections of the SkinFighting Fungus As noted earlier in this section, the strength or weakness of the body's immune system is…

Fungal Infections: Fungal Infections of the Skin

Fungal Infections of the SkinFungal InfectionsIntroductionTypes of InfectionFungal Infections of the SkinFighting Fungus Fungi that commonly cause skin diseases are called dermatophytes. “…

Fungal Infections: Introduction

IntroductionFungal InfectionsIntroductionTypes of InfectionFungal Infections of the SkinFighting Fungus The incidence of fungal infections has increased at an alarming rate in the past two decades.…

Fungal Infections: Types of Infection

Types of InfectionFungal InfectionsIntroductionTypes of InfectionFungal Infections of the SkinFighting Fungus Antigen Alert It is often difficult to diagnose systemic fungal infections. Many times…