How have modern means of food production contributed to an increasing incidence of infections with this organism?
Infectious disease case study
On the basis of the laboratory findings, what is the likely etiology of this patient’s diarrhea? Is the finding of white blood cells in the feces consistent with the recovery of this organism? Explain your answer.
What special laboratory and/or cultivation conditions are necessary to recover this organism?
What is the epidemiology of this organisms? What simple precautions can be taken to avoid its spread?
How have modern means of food production contributed to an increasing incidence of infections with this organism?
What is the current status of drug resistance in this organism?What factors are believed to play an important role in this status?
Although the patient has evidence of local invasion in the intestinal tract with this organism, bacteremia due to this organism is unusual. Explain this observation.
