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Etiology symptoms
REHS 3 Food
Question | Answer |
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bacillus cereus(V) | 2-4 hours (1-6) V, N, some D (heat stable enterotoxin Boiled or fried rice |
Bacillus cereus (D) | 12 hours (4-16) D, C (heat-labile toxin) custards, sauces, cereal products, refried beans, dried potatoes |
Campylobacter jejuni | 2-5 days (1-10 days) Abc.C (severe) d, Bloody D, F,HA Poultry, unpasteurized milk, water, clams |
Clostridium botulinum | 12-48 hours (2hrs-8days) weakness, paralysis, double vision canned low acid foods, smoked fish, cooked potatoes, marine mammals |
Clostridium perfringens | 10-12 hours (6-24 hours) Watery D, colic, nausea, (v and F uncommon) inadequately heated or reheated meats, meat pies, stews, gravy |
E. coli (enteroinvasive or enterotoxigenic) | 10-12 hours Watery D w/o blood or mucus, cramping, vomiting, low grade fever uncooked vegetables, salads, water |
E. coli 0157:H7 (enterohemerrhagic) | 48-96 (up to 10 days) bloody or non bloody D, severe cramps, occasional V, fever infrequent undercooked ground beef, raw milk, soft cheese, water |
Salmonella spp. (non-Typhoid) | 18-39 (12-72) Acute enterocolitis, D, F, N, C, HA, occasional V poultry, egg, meat, unpasteurized milk |
Salmonella Typhi | 3 days-3 months insidious onset of F, HA, malaise, constipation, D fecally contaminated foods like shellfish, raw fruits |
Shigella | 24-72 (12-96) D, F, N, V, Tenesmus, severe cramps fecally contam foods like salads, cut fruit, water |
Staphylococcus aureus | 2-4 (1-8) Abd C, N, V, D, Chills, HA ham, meat, poultry, cream filled pastries, custard, high protein left over foods |
Vibrio cholerae 01-0139 | 24-72 (fewhours-5 days) sudden profuse watery D, dehydration, V raw fish or shellfish, fecally contam foods |
Vibrio cholerae non-01 | 24-72 watery d, v raw fish or shellfish, fecally contam foods |
Vibrio parahaemolyticus | 12-24 (4-96) Watery D, Cramp, N, V, F, H marine fish, shellfish |
Vibrio vulnificus | 24-48 hours F, N, Cramps, aches, septicemia in immunocompromised raw oysters |
Heavy Metals (antimony, cadmium, copper, iron, tin, zinc) | usually < hour (5 min-3 hr) gastroenteritis with metallic taste high acid food/beverages in containers lined with it |
scombroid fish poisoning | usual |
ciguatoxin | 2-8 hours (1-48) gastrointestinal with neurologic like burning sensation of tounge and reversal of hot/cold fish (snapper, grouper, amberjack) |
PSP | 30 min to 3 hours tingling and numbness, leading to paralysis shellfish |
mushroom poisoning | 6-24 hours nausea, v, diarrhea, liver failure and death Boiled or fried rice |
msg | usually < 1 hour burning sensation in chest, neck, abdomen custards, sauces, cereal products, refried beans, dried potatoes |
HAV | 28-30 days anorexia, fever, abdominal discomfort, jaundice Poultry, unpasteurized milk, water, clams |
noro | 30-36 (10-96) N,projectile V, D, low fever canned low acid foods, smoked fish, cooked potatoes, marine mammals |
cyclospora cayetanensus | 7 days Fatigue, diarrhea inadequately heated or reheated meats, meat pies, stews, gravy |
cryptosporidium parvum | 7 days watery diarrhea, cramps, nausea uncooked vegetables, salads, water |
trichinella spiralis | 8-15 days D, NV, edema of eyelids undercooked ground beef, raw milk, soft cheese, water |