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May 14th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Ciguatera poisoning is the most common nonbacterial fish-borne poisoning in the United States.[1] It is caused by consumption of reef fish contaminated with ciguatoxin, which originates with certain dinoflagellates (ie, algae) ...

May 14th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Ciguatera poisoning is the most common nonbacterial fish-borne poisoning in the United States. [1] It is caused by consumption of reef fish contaminated with ciguatoxin, which originates with certain dinoflagellates (ie, algae)...

May 14th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Ciguatera poisoning is the most common nonbacterial fish-borne poisoning in the United States. [1] It is caused by consumption of reef fish contaminated with ciguatoxin, which originates with certain dinoflagellates (ie, algae)...

May 4th, 2022 - Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is the most prevalent microorganism associated with mastitis in cattle, which harbours several virulence factors and antibiotic resistance genes. The present study aimed to characterize S. aureus isolated from mas...

May 1st, 2022 - Aconitum genus generally contains hypertoxic alkaloids. Poisoning incidents due to the improper ingestion of Aconitum materials frequently occur around the world. DNA barcoding is considered as a powerful tool for species identification, but compl...

Apr 25th, 2022 - Acute diarrhea is a frequent problem worldwide, mostly due to gastrointestinal infections or food poisoning. Boswellia serrata could be active in the treatment of acute diarrhea due to its an-ti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and antimicrobial activity.

Mar 18th, 2020 - Food is vital for life but can only serve such an important purpose if it is safe and secure to ingest . According to Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Food safety is defined as" an assurance that food will not cause harm to consumers when...

Mar 5th, 2020 - Clostridial toxins are amongst the most toxic substances known to science (Middlebrook, 1995). In the United States and other countries, human exposure to Clostridium botulinum toxins usually occurs through food poisoning, wound botulism and colon...

Jul 30th, 2019 - Non-anthrax Bacillus Species bacteria can be responsible for food poisoning and local infections. Rarely, they lead to severe infections like blood stream infections and meningitis especially in immunocompromised patients like preterm infants. Bac...

Mar 21st, 2022 - Reported gastrointestinal (GI) outbreaks in England were halved during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with a similar period over the 5 years' prior, a retrospective ecological study found. From February to July 2020, there wa...

Dec 21st, 2021 - CHENNAI, India, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Apple supplier Foxconn’s plant near Chennai in southern India will remain shut this week following protests, government sources told Reuters on Tuesday. Five days of holiday have been declared at the plant, the S...

Nov 4th, 2021 - No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die Movie watching usually requires a certain suspension of disbelief, and it’s safe to say James Bond movies require this more than most.

Oct 13th, 2021 - Armed with pediatric data from the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of researchers is suggesting that most cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome may not be connected to infectious disease, as is sometimes assumed. While pediatric cases of various types of inf.

Oct 13th, 2021 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Armed with pediatric data from the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of researchers is suggesting that most cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome may not be co...