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Food Poisoning (cont.)

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Author: John P Cunha, DO

Editor: Melissa C. Stöppler, MD

REFERENCES:

CDC.gov. CDC Estimates of Foodborne Illness in the United States.

CDC.gov. Listeriosis (Listeria infection). Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Linked to Whole Cantaloupes from Jensen Farms, Colorado.

CDC.gov. Food Borne Infections.

CDC.gov. Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks --United States, 1993-1997.

CDC.gov. Hepatitis A Information for Health Professionals.

CDC.gov. Making Food Safer to Eat: Reducing contamination from the farm to the table.

CDC.gov. Parasites - Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma infection)

CDC.gov. Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

WebMd.com. Food Poisoning.

Previous contributing authors and editors: CoAuthor: Tara Shapiro, DO, Assistant Director of Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Jeter (Jay) Pritchard Taylor III, MD, Vice-Chief, Compliance Officer, Attending Physician Emergency Medicine Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine, Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, University of South Carolina.


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Food poisoning is defined as an illness caused by the consumption of food or water contaminated with bacteria and/or their toxins, parasites, viruses, or chemicals.

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