Salmonella enterica

INTRODUCTION Salmonellosis is a disease caused by the bacteria salmonella. Characterised usually by acute onset of fever, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, nausea and sometimes vomiting. Onset of disease symptoms occurs 6 - 72 hours (usually 12-36 hours) after ingestion of salmonella, and illness lasts 2-7 days. Symptoms of salmonellosis are relatively mild and patients will make a recovery without specific treatment in most cases (WHO). Salmonella being a foodborne illness pathogen causes severe debilitating

empirical therapy for invasive Salmonella enterica infection includes either ceftriaxone or ciprofloxacin (E. L. Hohmann, Clin. Infect. Dis. 32:263–269, 2001). The blaCMY-2 gene confers resistance to ceftriaxone, the antimicrobial of choice for pediatric patients with invasive Salmonella enterica infections, making these infections especially dangerous (J. M. Whichard et al., Emerg. Infect. Dis. 11:1464–1466, 2005). We hypothesized that blaCMY-2-positive Salmonella enterica would exhibit increased MICs

Salmonella is a communicable disease that is caused by the salmonella enterica bacterium. There are many types of this bacteria including salmonella Typhimurium and Enteritidis. Salmonella is most common in young children and elderly who have impaired immune systems meaning they are more likely to contract infections. Salmonella is one of the most reported causes of food poisoning in the UK. Types: All types of salmonella come from the genus Salmonella, the bacteria then gets divided up into categories

A group of researchers from Canada have discovered that there is a gene that confines an antibody from Salmonella. They discovered that this gene is found in broiler chickens. Broiler chickens aren’t used as much for egg production. These chickens are known for being raised on farms and then butchered for meat. The researchers took their information and published a journal where the information and research can be found. The gene itself is named fosA7; it got its name because it carries a high level

The Salmonella enterica bacteria is an intestinal infection that is caused by contact with infected animals or by eating contaminated food. The spread of this infection is most common in infants, elderly people, or patients whose immune system is weak. Before an infection of Salmonella can occur, approximately between 100,000 and 100,000,000 Salmonella enterica bacteria must be swallowed. Once the bacteria invades the intestinal wall, inflammation is triggered where they can also produce irritable

Salmonella Introduction Salmonella is known as a gram-negative, rod shaped bacillus. It is a facultative anaerobe in the family Enterobacteriaceae (Todar). There are more than 1,000 known types of Salmonella, with ranging levels of toxicity (Jones), accounting for 60% of all bacterial diseases (Curtello). Salmonellosis has affected over 1.4 million people per year in the United States, including more than 500 fatal cases (Jones). This organism has a wide host range with abilities to attack both animals

Salmonella is an important bacterial genus which causes one of the most common forms of food poisoning worldwide. Throughout history typhoid fever – caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi – triggered many dire outbreaks, and people eventually recognized the link between this disease and contaminated food or beverages. Karl Joseph Eberth, a doctor and student of Rudolf Virchow, discovered the bacillus in the abdominal lymph nodes and the spleen in 1879. After he had published his observations

salmonellosis is twelve to thirty six hours (CDC). Once consumed, salmonella bacteria inhabit the small intestine where they live and multiply throughout the duration of infection averaging two to seven days (CDC). Various symptoms include fever, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps, and headache (CDC). Salmonella bacteria invade the intestinal wall, where they trigger inflammation. They also produce irritating intestinal poisons. In some rare cases, Salmonella bacteria may enter the bloodstream and settle in tissues

Salmonella is a gram-negative bacterium present in contaminated food or water. Typhoid fever is a systemic infection caused by the serotype Salmonella typhi and can be fatal without proper intervention. Instances of resistant typhoid are high in less developed countries. Resistance occurs when genetic mutations prevent antibiotic mechanisms of action, making current antibiotics less effective. The purpose of this drug screen was to target oncological drugs and diversity library compounds to identify

Introduction The development and dissemination of bacterial resistance to 3rd generation cephalosporin antimicrobials is of significant importance to public health and domestic livestock production alike. The World Health Organization recognizes the extended-spectrum cephalosporin antimicrobials as “critically important” and their use in food animal production is coming under increasing scrutiny (1). Reports of recovery of blaCMY-2 and blaCTX-M resistance genes in bacterial isolates from U.S. livestock