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These two organisms are anaerobic.
What are Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens?
What is foodborne intoxication?
This organism causes necrotizing fasciitis when someone is wounded stepping on oyster shells on the beach.
What is Vibrio vulnificus?
This organism produces two toxins- an emetic and a diarrheal endotoxin
What is Bacillus cereus?
This foodborne outbreak occurred because beef patties were being cooked from frozen instead of thawed due to a major hamburger sale and rush at a fast food restaurant.
Jack-In-The-Box E coli O157 outbreak
These are the three non-mesophilic organisms discussed in class.
What are Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter jejuni, and Yersinia enterocolitica?
This organism has the highest mortality rate of the foodborne illnesses
What is Listeria monocytogenes?
These two organisms (genera) are considered waterborne rather than foodborne.
What are Vibrio and Shigella?
This toxin both stimulates the vagus nerve and triggers the release of inflammatory mediators and reduced electrolyte absorption in the gut, leading to a "whirlybird" disease syntrom
What is Staphylococcus aureus toxin?
Dr. Belk-Rudar says you should never eat this food, after she experienced a situation with rats and Salmonella during grad school
What are sprouts?
These are the "Big Six" Non-O157 STEC serotypes
What are O26, O111, O145, O45, O113, and O121?
This organism is facing serious scrutiny, despite being associated with only 2-4 reported cases per year.
What is Cronobacter sakazakii?
Everyone was looking for the cause of Cholera in the 18th century, and it was finally determined to be caused by this pathogen.
What is Vibrio cholerae?
This toxin, in part, triggers the cells structural proteins, specifically actin, to create a throne-like mound for the bacterium in the intestines.
What is shiga toxin?
She was kept in "quarantine" on an island after it was discovered she was an asymptomatic shedder of a major foodborne pathogen
Who was Mary Mallon (Typhoid Mary)?
These five pathotypes describe the different categories of virulence determinants for E. coli.
What are
This disease is the leading cause of kidney failure in the US and Western Europe
What is Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome?
This organism has caused outbreaks originating from reptiles and backyard chickens.
What is Salmonella enterica?
What is Clostridium perfringens?
This organism is known to cause stomach ulcers.
What is Helicobacter pylori?
These bacteria cause disease via foodborne infection.
What are Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter jejuni, Cronobacter sakazakii, Yersinia enterocolitica, Shigella spp, and Salmonella enterica?
(Bonus 100 if you also get EPEC, EIEC)
>30% of humans are carriers for this bacterium
What is Staphylococcus aureus?
This organism is the causative agent of the "Oregon Trail" disease.
What is Shigella dysenteriae?
The type of condition triggered by the Clostridium botulinum toxin
Dr. Belk has a friend that, despite having a PhD in food safety, became sick in a known outbreak of this organism after eating Sugar Snaps breakfast cereal
What is Campylobacter jejuni?