eMedicine Food Poisoning (Health/Food_Borne)
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Description: Article by Sunil K Sood, MD.Food Poisoning Foodborne illnesses are diverse in etiology..., and they can follow ingestion of infectious organisms or noninfectious substances. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently stressed that foodborne diseases (FBDs) constitute a serious public health problem in the United States. FBDs encompass classic toxinmediated food poisoning, such as botulism, gastroenteritis that follows ingestion of preformed Staphylococcus aureus toxin, ingestion of chemicals in foods, and bacterial, parasitic, and viral infections. Many FBDs are zoonoses, which means
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