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More Toy Recalls Children's Jewelry, Notebooks, Tops And Pails, Dog Food. The following recalls have been announced. (Q13.com, WA)
Breakthrough Kitchen Appliance Removes E.Coli, Listeria, Salmonella and Other Dangerous Impurities From Food Aug 22, 2007
These studies identified significant reduction of E. coli, Shigella, Listeria, Aeromonas and Vibrio in catfish and oysters. Dr. Wanda Lyons, PhD, reported the catfish findings in the Journal of Food Protection, Vol. 63, No. 9, pp 1231-1239. (PR Newswire)
Calgary seeing surge in E.coli cases Aug 22, 2007
The health region also has recorded four cases of shigella, but those are directly linked to a recent recall of Los Angeles Salad Company's Genuine Sweet Baby Carrots sold in Costco stores. The symptoms of shigella are diarrhea, cramps and nausea. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Health Canada issues warning on baby carrots Aug 20, 2007
People in Canada are being warned not to eat a brand of baby carrots from Mexico because the product may be contaminated with shigella bacteria ... Food contaminated with shigella may not look or smell spoiled ... Shigella infection can cause diarrhea, fever, nausea and vomiting. (CBC News)
Greek PM calls early election for Sept. 16 Aug 19, 2007
A snap election call by Greece's prime minister on Friday will send voters in that country to the polls on Sept. 16. The four-year mandate of Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis's conservative government was not due to run out for another six months. (CBC News)
Carrots recalled after four people get sick Aug 19, 2007
Consumers should not eat one brand of baby carrots sold recently at Costco stores because of contamination by shigella, which causes fever, nausea and vomiting, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has warned ... Food is usually contaminated by shigella when it comes in contact with water polluted by human sewage. (Canada.com)
Shigellosis on the rise in area Aug 11, 2007
Shigellosis is caused by the bacterium Shigella, which generally causes diarrhea and fever lasting four to seven days. Shigella occurs in all areas of the United States throughout the year ... Careful handwashing after using the toilet, after changing diapers, before preparing food and before eating can help prevent the spread of Shigella. (Eufaula Tribune, AL)
Daycare officials close down center for clean-up Jul 10, 2007
Shigellosis is a type of food poisoning caused by infection with the shigella bacterium found in stool. It s spread when the bacteria in feces is ingested. (Cedartown Standard, GA)
County: Shigella outbreak is over Jul 8, 2007
It s been more than two weeks since the last confirmed case of shigella in Citrus County and that s more than just a pleasant break in the outbreak of the diarrheal infection ... Shigella is an infection caused by a bacteria and can be passed easily from one person to another ... Since March there have been 91 confirmed cases of shigella and about 150 suspect or probable cases, Crandall said. (Crystal River Citrus County Chronicle, FL)
Health department issues advisory for Holbrook Jul 7, 2007
Shigellosis is caused by the Shigella bacteria and can lead to hospitalization. The bacteria enters the body orally and symptoms appear within one to seven days, with the average being one to three days. (La Junta Tribune Democrat, CO)
Shigella cases on the rise Jul 2, 2007
Northern Kentucky has seen more than 80 cases of the bowel infection shigella this year, and the Northern Kentucky Health Department is advising residents on how to prevent the spread ... Health officials also advise against use of wading pools for groups of children, because shigella is transferred easily in standing water ... Shigella, which primarily infects young children, is transmitted through contact with the stool of an infected person. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
Contagious Bacteria Spreads Through Tri-State Jun 30, 2007
Shigella cases have been on the rise in Kentucky and Ohio for the past two months ... Connor was infected with Shigella, a bacteria that wreaks havoc on the bowels ... "If you have Shigella, especially small kids aren't washing well before they get into the swimming water, it takes a very small amount to actually carry the illness.". (WKRC.com, OH)
How a knighthood inflamed the world Jun 24, 2007
One study found that 10% of the gays with some of these infections (including amoeba, giardia, and shigella) were employed as food handlers in public establishments (New Engl J. Med. 1980, 302:45-48). (Scotsman)
Nominee for surgeon general facing opposition of 'gays' Jun 15, 2007
"From the perspective of pathology and pathophysiology, the varied sexual practices of homosexual men have resulted in a diverse and expanded concept of sexually transmitted disease and associated trauma," it continued, citing instances of gonorrhea, chlamydia trachomatis, syphilis, herpes simplex infections, genital warts, pubic lice, scabies, Shigella species, Campylobacter jejuni, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis non-A, non-B, and cytomegalovirus,... (WorldNetDaily)
Second alert issued in Broward about stomach bacteria sickening children May 12, 2007
Shigellosis is caused by the shigella bacteria, which passes from victim to victim through fecal-oral contamination, usually on the hands or uncooked food. The best defense against the bacteria is washing the hands often, and with soap, especially after using the bathroom. (Sun-Sentinel.com)
Waiter, there's a !*#% in my soup … May 12, 2007
There were similar increases in the bacterial pathogens listeria and shigella, plus 16,479 cases of campylobacter, a diarrhoeal infection that affected 121 Australians in every 100,000 (compared with 15 per 100,000 in the US). "Gastroenteritis is a growth industry in Australia," says Peter Curson, emeritus professor of medical geography at Macquarie University. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Public health nurses celebrate special week May 10, 2007
Public health nurses provide information on immunization requirements and proper hygiene to control communicable diseases such as pertussis, measles, salmonella, shigella, and E. coli. When problems develop, they are available to answer questions that parents and staff might have and to help them understand disease control. (Lumberton The Robesonian, NC)
Do you really wash all produce? May 5, 2007
coli or camphy, shigella etc ) ... You can easily get e-coli, shigella, camphy and other stomach viruses if you don t wash your food. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Above and beyond Apr 27, 2007
E.coli, shigella that s my worst enemy. it s food poisoning and I had it for a week. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Spray to quell E. coli Apr 23, 2007 E. Coli Cases on the Rise Apr 14, 2007 Some Food-Borne Illnesses Down, Some Up Apr 13, 2007 E. coli making a comeback, CDC says Apr 13, 2007 Lawyers, Lawsuits, and statistics in the peanut butter wars Mar 12, 2007 Researchers urge mothers in Botswana to breast-feed Feb 28, 2007 Peanut butter linked to food poisoning Feb 22, 2007 Jetsetters 00000FE8are key clues to epidemics Jan 31, 2007 Germ terror threat Jan 25, 2007 Programmed Cell Death Protects Against Infections Jan 16, 2007 'Magic Bullet' Antibiotics Missing Target Jan 10, 2007
E. coli O157:H7 is a bovine strain discovered in the early 1980s after its genes merged with the Shigella bacterium. The emergent E. coli had a new toxin-producing feature that sometimes proves deadly. (Newsday -- Health)
Several Katy students diagnosed with diarrheal illness Apr 18, 2007
The illness is caused by the Shigella bacteria and it can quickly spread. The symptoms include fever, stomach cramps, possible vomiting and diarrhea that may have blood or mucus in it. (KHOU.com, TX)
The CDC data did show a decline in confirmed cases of Campylobacter, Listeria, Shigella and Yersinia, Gerberding noted, "although most of the decline happened in the past, and the rate of decline is not as great now as it was before.". HealthDay. (MEDLINEplus)
Shigella: 2,736 cases ... In 2006, four food-borne illnessesyersinia, shigella, listeria, and campylobacterwere less common than they had been from 1996 to 1998 ... In 2006, reported yersinia infections were 50% rarer, shigella infections were 35 percent rarer, listeria infections were 34% rarer, and campylobacter infections were 30 percent rarer than in 1996-1998. (CBS News)
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor. We know the faster we can detect an outbreak, the faster we can take actions that will help protect people. (Reuters.uk)
3 million per month), which means that one in four Americans contracts a foodborne illness annually after eating foods contaminated with such pathogens as E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, Hepatitis A, Campylobacter, Shigella, Norovirus, and Listeria. Approximately 325,000 people are hospitalized with a diagnosis of food poisoning, and 5,000 die. (Food Consumer)
Coovadia said it was reasonable for Western doctors to think that bottle-feeding is essential to protect HIV-negative babies. It is part of the range of interventions that has nearly eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the United States. (San Francisco Chronicle)
It is not as contagious as are other intestinal bacteria, like shigella, Goodfriend said, but anyone with the symptoms should stay home from work or school. He added that anyone who doesn't feel good should see a doctor. (The Burke Times, VA)
Sierra Leone was in the midst of an outbreak of Shigella, a bacterium that causes bloody diarrhoea and kills more than a million people a year. The strain of Shigella in Sierra Leone, called 'Sd1', was known for its exceptional mobility and aptitude for causing epidemics in tropical regions ... There, he noticed that in the late 1990s, two travellers to West Africa had been diagnosed with Shigella after they had returned to Norway. (Nature News Service)
Guanarito virus or Venezuelan haemorrhagic fever can be fatal in a third of cases, while Shigella boydii can cause dysentery. John Wood, of the National Institute for Biological Standards and Controls, said scientists will have to show a valid reason for working with the agents. (TimesOnline)
Neutrophil granulocytes have trapped Shigella bacteria in NETs. (Image: Dr. Volker Brinkmann, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology). (Science Daily)
During a shigella outbreak in Japan in 1953, a strain of dysentery resistant to most antibiotics was discovered. Tuberculosis bacteria also began to show signs of resistance around that time. (Click2Houston, TX)
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