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In the News (Mon 21 Dec 09)

  
  ERIC - Enteropathogen Resource Integration Center
In healthy adults, Shigellosis is a self-limiting disease, but it can be fatal to infants and young children, causing over 1 million deaths per year.
Shigella is an invasive pathogen which can colonize the host's tissues as opposed to growing on tissue surfaces.
The first step in infection is phagocytosis of the bacteria by M cells, which transport them beneath the intestinal epithelium.
www.ericbrc.org /portal/eric/shigella?id=entero   (436 words)

  
 Feces - Questionz.net , answers to all your questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Feces will usually be required for microbiological testing, looking for an intestinal pathogen.
This is a dangerous communicable infection and must be reported.
The main pathogens that are commonly looked for in feces include: * Salmonella and Shigella * Yersinia (this tends to be incubated at 30¡C, which is cooler than usual.) * Campylobacter (incubated at 42¡C, in a special environment.) * Aeromonas * Candida (if the person is immunosupressed e.g.
www.questionz.net /SARS/Stool.html   (615 words)

  
 WHFoods: Eggs
The protein, hen egg ovomucin, was tested against a variety of food borne pathogens and was found to bind exclusively to E.
Salmonella bacteria from the chicken's intestines may be found even in clean, uncracked eggs.
Another reason to avoid consuming raw eggs is that raw egg whites contain a glycoprotein called avidin, which binds to eggs' supply of the B vitamin biotin very tightly, preventing its absorption.
www.whfoods.com /genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=92   (3243 words)

  
 The Ultimate Feces Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
So, the expression was that they were "going to stool." By the end of the 16th century, the word stool was used to mean the same thing as feces.
Microscopic examination for intestinal parasites and their ova (eggs).
Routine culture involves streaking the sample onto agar plates containing special additives, such as MacConkey's Agar, that will inhibit the growth of Gram-positive organisms and will selectively allow enteric pathogens to grow, and incubating them for a period, and observing the bacterial colonies that have grown.
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Feces   (666 words)

  
 Division of Parasitic Diseases - Recent Publications
Evaluation of the integrated management of childhood illness guidelines for treatment of intestinal helminth infections among sick children aged 2-4 years in Western Kenya.
Limor J, Lal AA, and Xiao L. Detection and differentiation of Cryptosporidium parasites that are pathogenic for humans by real-time PCR.
Lindegardh N, Forslund M, Green MD, Berqgvist Y. Automated solid-phase extraction method for the determination of amodiaquine, chloroquine, and their metabolites in capillary blood applied onto sampling paper by high performance liquid chromatography.
www.cdc.gov /ncidod/dpd/recentpubs/default.htm   (3902 words)

  
 2005 Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Hoge CW, Echeverria P, Rajah R, Jacobs J, Malthouse S, Chapman E, Jimenez LM, Shlim DR. Prevalence of Cyclospora species and other enteric pathogens among children less than 5 years of age in Nepal.
Serichantalaergs O, Nirdnoy W, Cravioto A, LeBron C, Wolf M, Svennerholm AM, Shlim DR, Hoge CW, Echeverria P. Coli suface antigens associated with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from persons with traveler’s diarrhea in Asia.
[Telling the story of how we discovered a new intestinal pathogen called Cyclospora]
www.anmf.net /conferences/conference_2005/phoenix_2005_keynote.htm   (1240 words)

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