A maximum likelihood QTL analysis reveals common genome regions controlling ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
The serovars Enteritidis and Typhimurium of the Gram-negative bacterium Salmonella enterica are significant causes of human food poisoning. Fowl carrying these bacteria often show no clinical disease, with detection only established post-mortem.

WebMD (blog)
Oh No, Where Did It Go? When Things Get “Lost” In the Vagina
WebMD (blog)
TSS, both menstrual and that associated with pneumonia and skin infections, is caused by a super-antigen-producing strain of one of our normal skin bacteria (Staph aureus). Like many skin bacteria, Staph aureus can be found in the vaginas of between ...

Guest Column: Don't Let Pests Ruin Spring
Patch.com
As the most common fly species found around homes in North America, the common house flies are known to carry more than 100 pathogens, including salmonella, staphylococcus, E. coli and shigella, which can cause a range of diseases.

KGO-TV
Norovirus Outbreak Sickens Over 100 Pacifica Kids
Patch.com
By Camden Swita The Norovirus can spread quickly. Touching a doorknob or handling food is one example of how someone can contract the virus. The San Mateo County Health Department confirmed that a norovirus outbreak at two Pacifica schools sickened ...
Norovirus Outbreak Affects 2 Pacifica Elementary SchoolsCBS Local
Norovirus outbreak sickens 105 students in Pacifica, CaliforniaExaminer.com
Over 100 students sick after norovirus outbreakKGO-TV

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KGO-TV
Norovirus Outbreak Sickens Over 100 Pacifica Kids
Patch.com
By Camden Swita The Norovirus can spread quickly. Touching a doorknob or handling food is one example of how someone can contract the virus. The San Mateo County Health Department confirmed that a norovirus outbreak at two Pacifica schools sickened ...
Norovirus Outbreak Affects 2 Pacifica Elementary SchoolsCBS Local
Norovirus outbreak sickens 105 students in Pacifica, CaliforniaExaminer.com
Over 100 students sick after norovirus outbreakKGO-TV

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3M Food Safety Obtains AFNOR Approval for 3M Petrifilm Aqua Coliform Count Plate
MarketWatch (press release)
"Safe water is obviously a global concern, and water bottlers everywhere need reliable methods of assurance against harmful organisms like coliform and E. coli." Offering efficiency without compromise to accuracy has been the calling card for 3M's ...

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Antibiotics prevent UTIs better than probiotics
Fox News
The worry is that overuse of the drugs also reduces their effectiveness by making disease-causing bacteria like E. coli resistant. "This is an increasing worldwide problem, resulting into less and less treatment options for (severe) bacterial ...

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Impact of MRSA Nasal Colonization on SSIs After Gastrointestinal Surgery
Infection Control Today
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization is associated with longer hospital stays and an increase in surgical site infections (SSI) in patients undergoing major gastrointestinal surgery, according to a new study from Scott ...
Impact of MRSA nasal colonization on surgical site infections after ...Science Codex

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Food Safety News
Salmonella cases from meat substitute top 80
Jacksonville Daily News
AP ASHEVILLE — Health officials say the number of people sickened by salmonella from a soy product often used as a meat substitute has topped 80. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports 83 cases of salmonella can be traced to a culture starter for tempeh ...
Salmonella case numbers slow in Asheville area, but still climbingAsheville Citizen-Times
Salmonella Paratyphi B Outbreak GrowsFood Safety News
80+ sickened by Salmonella-tainted meat substituteWNCT

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Food Safety News
Salmonella cases from meat substitute top 80
Jacksonville Daily News
AP ASHEVILLE — Health officials say the number of people sickened by salmonella from a soy product often used as a meat substitute has topped 80. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports 83 cases of salmonella can be traced to a culture starter for tempeh ...
Salmonella case numbers slow in Asheville area, but still climbingAsheville Citizen-Times
Salmonella Paratyphi B Outbreak GrowsFood Safety News
80+ sickened by Salmonella-tainted meat substituteWNCT

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FoodQualityNews.com
FSIS and beef industry praised for pre-emptive E.coli action
FoodQualityNews.com
The US beef industry and the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) have been showered with praise after showing “strong initiative” in their efforts to prevent E.coli contamination during processing.

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Bethel Eye on the Beltway: Blumenthal Tweets Twitter Some Praise
Patch.com
A “high event” period is when a facility has multiple positive test results under the N60 protocol, indicating E. coli contamination, during a given production period. “This report further questions the integrity of the N60 sampling program," she said.

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Southbury Eye on the Beltway: Blumenthal Tweets Twitter Some Praise
Patch.com
A “high event” period is when a facility has multiple positive test results under the N60 protocol, indicating E. coli contamination, during a given production period. “This report further questions the integrity of the N60 sampling program," she said.

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Scottish News: Nurses sent on board cruise ship hit by norovirus when it docks ...
Scottish Daily Record
The suspected norovirus outbreak hit the Boudicca during a 13-night trip to the Canary Islands. The ship, carrying around 800 passengers and 300 crew, was greeted by NHS staff and ambulance crews yesterday when it docked in Greenock.

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Scottish News: Nurses sent on board cruise ship hit by norovirus when it docks ...
Scottish Daily Record
The suspected norovirus outbreak hit the Boudicca during a 13-night trip to the Canary Islands. The ship, carrying around 800 passengers and 300 crew, was greeted by NHS staff and ambulance crews yesterday when it docked in Greenock.
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Forecasting food problems
The Advocate
By Amy Wold Weather data, satellite imagery and computer modeling could provide a tool that would allow regulators to forecast a norovirus outbreak in oysters in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a researcher at LSU. Zhiqiang Deng, associate professor ...

FoodQualityNews.com
Sampling Report Praises Beef Industry & USDA
Food Safety News
by Dan Flynn | May 21, 2012 To steal a phrase from former President George W. Bush, USDA's meat inspectors are "doing a heck of a job" knocking down E. coli at big beef plants. With a little constructive criticism around that edges, that pretty much ...
FSIS and beef industry praised for pre-emptive E.coli actionFoodQualityNews.com

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Impact of MRSA nasal colonization on surgical site infections after ...
Science Codex
One hundred and one patients experienced SSI (9 percent), with the MRSA-positive group associated with a higher rate of SSI when compared to the negative and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)-positive groups (14 percent versus 9 ...

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'HMS Holby City': 170 people hit by winter vomiting bug outbreak on luxury ...
Mirror.co.uk
The norovirus outbreak is believed to have been caused by a viral infection. A passenger of 53 said a woman in her 80s had a heart attack and was taken off the liner. It is not known if this was linked to the bug. She said: “We started calling the ship ...

Impact of MRSA nasal colonization on surgical site infections after ...
Medical Xpress
One hundred and one patients experienced SSI (9 percent), with the MRSA-positive group associated with a higher rate of SSI when compared to the negative and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)-positive groups (14 percent versus 9 ...

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