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30 Apr 2024, 3:12 pm by Bill Marler
Other Medical Complications Reactive Arthritis The term reactive arthritis refers to an inflammation of one or more joints, following an infection localized at another site distant from the affected joints. [read post]
27 Oct 2023, 6:02 am by Bill Marler
Indeed, a principle and consistent criticism of the USDA E. coli O157:H7 policy is the fact that it has failed to focus on the risks of cross-contamination versus that posed by so-called improper cooking.[42] With this pathogen, there is ultimately no margin of error. [read post]
23 Sep 2023, 7:21 pm by Bill Marler
 [1, 4] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated that every year at least 2,000 Americans are hospitalized, and about 60 die as a result of E. coli infection and its complications. [4, 5] A study published in 2005 estimated the annual cost of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses to be $405 million (in 2003 dollars), which included $370 million for premature deaths, $30 million for medical care, and $5 million for lost productivity. [5] E. [read post]
9 Jun 2023, 9:07 am by Bill Marler
 [1, 4] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated that every year at least 2,000 Americans are hospitalized, and about 60 die as a result of E. coli infection and its complications. [4, 5] A study published in 2005 estimated the annual cost of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses to be $405 million (in 2003 dollars), which included $370 million for premature deaths, $30 million for medical care, and $5 million for lost productivity. [5] E. [read post]
4 Jun 2023, 5:58 pm by Bill Marler
To improve surveillance, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists has recommended that all L. monocytogenes isolates be forwarded to state public health laboratories for subtyping through the National Molecular Subtyping Network for Foodborne Disease Surveillance (PulseNet). [read post]
7 Oct 2022, 4:09 am by Bill Marler
., as well as in other developed countries.[18] HAV is relatively stable and can survive for several hours on fingertips and hands, and up to two months on dry surfaces.[19] The virus can be inactivated by heating to 185°F (85°C) or higher for one minute, or disinfecting surfaces with a 1:100 dilution of household bleach in tap water.[20] HAV can still be spread from cooked food if it is contaminated after cooking.[21] Although ingestion of contaminated… [read post]
20 Jan 2022, 8:57 pm by Bill Marler
 Standard antibiotic resistance testing of eight clinical isolates by CDC’s National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) laboratory confirmed these findings. [read post]
4 Jul 2021, 8:56 am by Bill Marler
To improve surveillance, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists has recommended that all L. monocytogenes isolates be forwarded to state public health laboratories for subtyping through the National Molecular Subtyping Network for Foodborne Disease Surveillance (PulseNet). [read post]
23 Jul 2020, 4:00 am by Jon L. Gelman
While the European models eventually migrated to a national health care system, the US did not. [read post]
30 Jun 2019, 11:22 am by Josh Fensterbush
The same strain of E. coli O157:H7 was isolated from t…Read More » Pacific National Exhibition Petting Zoo 2009 Organism: E. coli O157:H7 Vehicle: Unknown At least 11 children and two adults who visited the petting barn during Vancouver’s Pacific National Exhibition developed an infection caused by E.coli O157:H7. [read post]
18 Jun 2019, 5:30 am by Bill Marler
This business had been supplied with meat produced by North Country Cooked Meats which subsequently produced a positive test result for the outbreak strain of listeria. [read post]
20 Apr 2019, 10:37 am by Bill Marler
To improve surveillance, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists has recommended that all L. monocytogenesisolates be forwarded to state public health laboratories for subtyping through the National Molecular Subtyping Network for Foodborne Disease Surveillance (PulseNet). [read post]
16 Apr 2019, 2:33 am by Patti Waller
Indeed, a principle and consistent criticism of the USDA E. coli O157:H7 policy is the fact that it has failed to focus on the risks of cross-contamination versus that posed by so-called improper cooking.[42] With this pathogen, there is ultimately no margin of error. [read post]
3 Aug 2017, 7:37 am by Bill Marler
HUS is a frightening complication that even in the best American medical centers has a notable mortality rate.[57] Among survivors, at least five percent will suffer end stage renal disease (ESRD) with the resultant need for dialysis or transplantation.[58] But “[b]ecause renal failure can progress slowly over decades, the eventual incidence of ESRD cannot yet be determined. [read post]
22 Feb 2017, 9:26 pm by Bill Marler
To improve surveillance, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists has recommended that all L. monocytogenes isolates be forwarded to state public health laboratories for subtyping through the National Molecular Subtyping Network for Foodborne Disease Surveillance (PulseNet). [read post]
17 Feb 2017, 1:34 pm by Bill Marler
Hepatitis A is a communicable (or contagious) disease that often spreads from person to person.[11] Person-to-person transmission occurs via the “fecal-oral route,” while all other exposure is generally attributable to contaminated food or water.[12] Food-related outbreaks are usually associated with contamination of food during preparation by a HAV-infected food handler.[13] The food handler is generally not ill because the peak time of infectivity—that is, when the most virus is… [read post]