Campylobacter Research Paper

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Campylobacter can be causing in many ways, bacteria is responsible for causes of this food poising. In the web (http://www.nhs.uk) it is stated that in the UK, campylobacter bacteria are very common causes of food poising. This bacterium is a common case of intestinal infection, there are 3 methods involved in causes of campylobacter .The most obvious method is contaminated food and water. It can be cause of a person to a person and also it can be caused by not washing hands after coming into contact with infected faeces, infected birds and animals. According to the web (http://www.medic8.com) when bacteria access the digestive system they attack the cells of intestines. They are helped in this by release of a toxin. This toxin stops the cell …show more content…

However, some of them can cause intestinal infection. Bacteria which can cause infections can enter to human body of different ways. Meat contaminated with E.coli bacteria during processing, contaminated water, from person to person and through improper food handling. Infected faeces of animals or human sometimes get into lakes, water supplies or pools so people can become infected when they use this contaminated water. The infected meat needs to be cooked to 160 F0 (71C0) if it is cooked below that the bacteria can survive and affect the person who eats that meat. Any food, which is in contact with row meat, can become …show more content…

It is a member of a large group of rod –shaped gram- negative bacteria. More than 2500 different types of salmonella have been identified. According to the magazine by ( Allan,2014) ) types of salmonella can be divided into 2 groups ,one group is adapted to live only in humans and cause severe disease which affect the whole body but some of them can cause diarrhoea. Salmonella tophi are an important example which can cause 27 million cases of typhoid each year. The second group can infect warm-blooded and cold –blooded animals. This type can cause milder disease in humans and is mainly associated with food poisoning. They are referred to non-typhoid

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