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Toxic Relationships
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100

These two organisms are anaerobic.

What are Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens?

100
Diseases caused by this mechanism cannot be treated by antibiotics because there is no living organism in the patient.

What is foodborne intoxication?

100

This organism causes necrotizing fasciitis when someone is wounded stepping on oyster shells on the beach.

What is Vibrio vulnificus?

100

This organism produces two toxins- an emetic and a diarrheal endotoxin

What is Bacillus cereus?

100

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

200

These are the three non-mesophilic organisms discussed in class.

What are Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter jejuni, and Yersinia enterocolitica?

200

This organism has the highest mortality rate of the foodborne illnesses

What is Listeria monocytogenes?

200

These two organisms (genera) are considered waterborne rather than foodborne.

What are Vibrio and Shigella?

200

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?

200

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?

300

These are the "Big Six" Non-O157 STEC serotypes

What are O26, O111, O145, O45, O113, and O121?

300

This organism is facing serious scrutiny, despite being associated with only 2-4 reported cases per year.

What is Cronobacter sakazakii?

300

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?

300

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?

300

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)?

400

These five pathotypes describe the different categories of virulence determinants for E. coli.

What are

  1. Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)
  2. Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)
  3. Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)
  4. Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC)
  5. Shiga Toxin E. coli (STEC, or Enterohemorrhagic EHEC)
400

This disease is the leading cause of kidney failure in the US and Western Europe

What is Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome?

400

This organism has caused outbreaks originating from reptiles and backyard chickens.

What is Salmonella enterica?

400
In addition to human disease, toxins from this organism can also cause ovine dysentery, enterotoxemia in livestock, and necrotizing enteritis in poultry.

What is Clostridium perfringens?

400

This organism is known to cause stomach ulcers.

What is Helicobacter pylori?

500

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)

500

>30% of humans are carriers for this bacterium

What is Staphylococcus aureus?

500

This organism is the causative agent of the "Oregon Trail" disease.

What is Shigella dysenteriae?

500

The type of condition triggered by the Clostridium botulinum toxin

What is bilateral, descending, flaccid paralysis?
500

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?

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