salmonella
[sal′mə nel′ə]
- Salmonella is a commonly-occuring bacteria that causes food poisoning and typhoid fever, or the type of food poisoning caused by this bacteria.
Facts About Salmonella
- It is the second-highest reported incidence of food borne sickness.
- Can be fatal if not treated properly. Every year salmonella poisoning causes roughly 600 fatalities.
- Thousands of cases are never diagnosed because they are passed off as stomach flu or something much less severe.
- Symptoms include dehydration, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle and joint pain.
- Treatment usually just involves around five to seven days of rest and dilution of the bacteria through the ingestion of distilled water.
- Rehydrating may also require the use of intravenous fluids.
- Antibiotics may be required in order to ward off any long-term or severe effects of the infection.
When you touch raw chicken and get bacteria on your hands that makes you very ill, the bacteria is an example of salmonella.
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noun pl. salmonellae , salmonella, salmonellas
any of a genus (Salmonella) of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria that cause various diseases in people and domestic animals, including typhoid fever and food poisoning
Origin: ModL: so named after D. E. Salmon (1850-1914), United States pathologist
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noun pl. sal·mo·nel·lae or sal·mo·nel·las or salmonella
Any of various rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Salmonella, many of which are pathogenic, causing food poisoning, typhoid, and paratyphoid fever in humans and other infectious diseases in domestic animals.
Origin: New Latin Salmonella, genus name, after Daniel Elmer Salmon (1850-1914), American pathologist.
salmonella - Cultural Definition
A category of bacteria that occurs in many pathogenic forms. One kind causes typhoid fever; there is evidence that other kinds cause various forms of food poisoning.
salmonella - Medical Definition
noun pl. sal·mo·nel·lae or sal·mo·nel·las or salmonella
Any of various gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Salmonella, many of which are pathogenic, causing food poisoning, typhoid, and paratyphoid fever in humans and other infectious diseases in domestic animals.
noun
The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. A genus of aerobic to facultatively anaerobic gram-negative bacteria that are pathogenic in humans and animals.
salmonella - Science Definition
Plural salmonellae salmonellae or salmonellas
Any of various gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Salmonella that cause food poisoning and typhoid fever in humans and other mammals.
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salmonella
Variant of salmonella
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noun pl. salmonellae , salmonella, salmonellas
any of a genus (Salmonella) of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria that cause various diseases in people and domestic animals, including typhoid fever and food poisoning
Origin: ModL: so named after D. E. Salmon (1850-1914), United States pathologist
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.