Pitfalls in Prevention of Viral Food Poisoning

Prevention of food poisoning in hospital patients.

A number of food poisoning outbreaks in hospitals have been recorded in South Africa:-' In order to prevent such outbreaks in the Tygerberg Hospital a comprehensive investigation into all possible sources of food poisoning has been carried out. The investigation covered the bacteriological testing of all raw food supplied to the hospital, the same food after normal cooking, and after subsequent...

Food poisoning in Saudi Arabia. Potential for prevention?

Food poisoning is becoming a very important health problem both internationally and in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Salmonella species (spp) is the most important pathogen, but due to the extensive effort carried by the health authorities to prevent or eradicate communicable diseases, new pathogens are now emerging such as Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Norwalk like viruses. This review p...

Food Poisoning

Food Poisoning

In this, the third edition of his well-known work, Dr. Dack has made a thorough revision and incorporated the newer knowledge of a subject which affects each of us at one time or another. The first two chapters on chemical poisoning and poisonings due to substances found in plants, fish, and shellfish contain useful tables of specific agents, incubation periods, symptoms, and foods involved. Bo...

Semiology of food poisoning

Bacterial toxin poisoning Clostridium botulinum Human disease due to the Clostridium botulinum bacterium is called botulism and is classified as poisoning because it is due to botulinum neurotoxins produced outside the human body by this anaerobic bacterium. Contaminated food is mainly of animal origin, but it can also be of plant origin (processed meat, ham, cheese, canned meat, fish, canned b...