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8 unusual facts about Salmonella


Basic Food Flavors

On March 4, 2010 the United States Food and Drug Administration announced it was conducting an investigation after a customer of Basic Food Flavors reported finding Salmonella in one production lot of HVP.

Isagenix International

In February 2009, Isagenix was part of a nation-wide recall on peanuts thought to be contaminated with Salmonella, which were used by Isagenix in their Chocolate Dipped Honey Peanut Bar.

Keith Chater

Chater studied for a PhD at Birmingham University working on transduction in Salmonella, after which he joined the John Innes Centre in 1969 and began working with David Hopwood.

Kevin's Law

Requiring the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to identify the pathogens that threaten human health (e.g. Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes).

Knight Anole

The mouth can harbor Salmonella bacteria and if a bite breaks the skin, an infection may occur.

Kogel mogel

The baby transition recipe includes raw eggs and sugar which in spite of its widespread use in Russia, is a health risk to young children due to possible contraction of Salmonella.

Salmonella

"These mechanisms present us with novel targets that might form the basis for the development of an entirely new class of antimicrobials," said Professor Dr. Jorge Galan, senior author of the paper and the Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and chair of the Section of Microbial Pathogenesis at Yale.

Vacuole

Salmonella is able to survive and reproduce in the vacuoles of several mammal species after being engulfed.


Antimotility agent

In diarrhea caused by invasive pathogens such as Salmonella, Shigella, and Campylobacter, the use of such agents has generally been strongly discouraged, though evidence is lacking that they are harmful when administered in combination with antibiotics in Clostridium difficile cases.

Bekonscot

Names of shops and other features include humorous puns, such as Lee Key Plumbers' Merchants ('Lee Key' = 'leaky'), Sam and Ella's Butchers ('salmonella') and the Mark Owney Wireless and Gramophone stores ('Marconi').

Benzethonium chloride

Independent testing shows that benzethonium chloride is highly effective against such pathogens as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella, Escherichia coli, Clostridium difficile, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, herpes simplex virus (HSV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and norovirus.

Costochondritis

Most cases of infectious costochondritis are caused by Actinomyces, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, and Salmonella.

Criticism of science

Examples in Britain include the controversy over the MMR inoculation, and the 1988 forced resignation of a government minister, Edwina Currie, for revealing the high probability that battery eggs were contaminated with Salmonella.

Cross-presentation

Cross-presentation has been shown to play a role in the immune defense against many viruses (herpesvirus, influenzavirus, CMV, EBV, SIV, papillomavirus, and others), bacteria (listeria, salmonella, E. coli, M. tuberculosis, and others) and tumors (brain, pancreas, melanoma, leukemia, and others).

Domestos

In 2005, various commercials for different Domestos brands were shown on British television, with computer generated germs made to represent Salmonella, E.Coli and Staphylococcus.

Hazard analysis and critical control points

In order to ensure that the food that would be sent to space was safe, Lachance imposed strict microbial requirements, including pathogen limits (including E. coli, Salmonella, and Clostridium botulinum).

HEK

Hektoen enteric agar (also abbreviated as HE) is a selective agar used in microbiology, commonly used to recover Salmonella and Shigella species

Mark Mitchell

Mark Mitchell (veterinarian), Louisiana veterinary researcher known for his work on salmonella prevention in turtles, see Turtle farming

Tetrathionate

Tetrathionate has also been found to serve as a terminal electron acceptor for Salmonella Typhimurium, whereas existing thiosulfate in the lumen of mammals is oxidized by reactive oxygen species released by the immune system (mainly NADPH oxidase produced superoxide) to form tetrathionate.

Treatment of infections after exposure to ionizing radiation

If diarrhea is present, cultures of stool should be examined for enteropathogens (i.e., Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, and Yersinia).

Western Family Foods

On October 11, 2007, food manufacturer ConAgra asked stores to pull its Banquet and generic brand chicken and turkey pot pies because of 150 cases of salmonella poisoning in 31 states being linked to the consumption of ConAgra pot pies, with 20 people hospitalized.


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