Digestive System
Salmonella
Definition-a bacterium that occurs mainly in the intestine, especially a serotype causing food poisoning.
Symptoms- diarrhea, fever, chills, pain in the abdomen or muscles, headaches and loss of appetite
Treatment-Most people only need fluids to recover in less than a week. Severe infections may require medical care including IV fluids and sometimes antibiotics.
History-
Diagnosis- Diagnosing salmonella requires testing a clinical specimen (such as stool or blood) from an infected person
Cause-
Case study-Mary Mallon was born in Ireland and immigrated to the United States in 1884. She is considered the first famous carrier of typhoid fever in the United States. Initially engaged in 1906 as a cook by Charles Henry Warren, a wealthy New York banker, she was subsequently hired as a cook at several private homes throughout the New York area. Moving from household to household, Mary Mallon caused several typhoid outbreaks, always vanishing before an epidemic could be traced back to the particular household she was working in. Mary represents the first known case of a healthy carrier in the United States, and was proven responsible for the contamination of at least 122 people – including five dead. In 1907 almost 3000 inhabitants of New York had been infected by Salmonella Typhi, with Mary probably being the main reason for the outbreak. Due to a lack of antibiotic treatment and no immunization option at the time, a dangerous source like Mary had to be restrained. After police intervened and Salmonella had been found in Mary’s stool, she was transferred to North Brother Island to Riverside Hospital, where she was quarantined in a cottage. As she was the first known healthy carrier of typhoid fever in the United States, she did not understand how someone health could spread disease; hence she tried to fight back.
Symptoms- diarrhea, fever, chills, pain in the abdomen or muscles, headaches and loss of appetite
Treatment-Most people only need fluids to recover in less than a week. Severe infections may require medical care including IV fluids and sometimes antibiotics.
History-
Diagnosis- Diagnosing salmonella requires testing a clinical specimen (such as stool or blood) from an infected person
Cause-
Case study-Mary Mallon was born in Ireland and immigrated to the United States in 1884. She is considered the first famous carrier of typhoid fever in the United States. Initially engaged in 1906 as a cook by Charles Henry Warren, a wealthy New York banker, she was subsequently hired as a cook at several private homes throughout the New York area. Moving from household to household, Mary Mallon caused several typhoid outbreaks, always vanishing before an epidemic could be traced back to the particular household she was working in. Mary represents the first known case of a healthy carrier in the United States, and was proven responsible for the contamination of at least 122 people – including five dead. In 1907 almost 3000 inhabitants of New York had been infected by Salmonella Typhi, with Mary probably being the main reason for the outbreak. Due to a lack of antibiotic treatment and no immunization option at the time, a dangerous source like Mary had to be restrained. After police intervened and Salmonella had been found in Mary’s stool, she was transferred to North Brother Island to Riverside Hospital, where she was quarantined in a cottage. As she was the first known healthy carrier of typhoid fever in the United States, she did not understand how someone health could spread disease; hence she tried to fight back.