FOOD-POISONING POTENTIAL OF THE ENTEROCOCCI

Food-poisoning Potential of the Enterococci.

Deibel, R. H. (American Meat Institute Foundation, Chicago, Ill.), and J. H. Silliker. Food-poisoning potential of the enterococci. J. Bacteriol. 85:827-832. 1963.-A total of 23 enterococcus strains were fed to two and sometimes three human volunteers in an effort to elicit food-poisoning symptoms. Each culture was consumed after it was grown in whole sterile milk or on the surface of commercia...

The bacteriology of food poisoning.

From the figures it would appear right to concentrate most attention upon salmonellas, staphylococci, and Clostridium welchii. It is necessary also to consider briefly other organisms known to cause food poisoning. Of these by far the most interesting, as well as the most deadly, is Clostridium botulinum, the organism that caused the tragic disaster at Loch Maree in August 1922, when all of eig...

Food Poisoning

Food Poisoning

In this, the third edition of his well-known work, Dr. Dack has made a thorough revision and incorporated the newer knowledge of a subject which affects each of us at one time or another. The first two chapters on chemical poisoning and poisonings due to substances found in plants, fish, and shellfish contain useful tables of specific agents, incubation periods, symptoms, and foods involved. Bo...

Food poisoning in Saudi Arabia. Potential for prevention?

Food poisoning is becoming a very important health problem both internationally and in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Salmonella species (spp) is the most important pathogen, but due to the extensive effort carried by the health authorities to prevent or eradicate communicable diseases, new pathogens are now emerging such as Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Norwalk like viruses. This review p...