1. 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.

salmonella

salmonella

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 of salmonella

New Latin Salmonella, genus name, after Daniel Elmer Salmon, (1850–1914), American pathologist.

salmonella

salmonella bacterium

salmonella

Noun

(plural salmonellas or salmonellae)

1. Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases

   The mayonnaise left in the sun at the picnic caused everyone there to come down with salmonella poisoning.

Origin

From Salmonella, named for its discoverer, Daniel Elmer Salmon.

salmonella

Variant of salmonella