Salmonella enteritidis (SE)

The definition and characteristic of salmonella enteritidis (SE)

Salmonella enteritidis (SE) is an important food-borne pathogens, belonging to the genus salmonella, the main cause of human and animal gastroenteritis. The bacteria can spread through food, especially meat, eggs and dairy products, such as animal food. SE strains has broad host range, including humans, poultry and livestock, etc., can be produced in the host intestinal infection.

The spread of salmonella enteritidis

SE mainly through the following ways:

50. Food-borne transmission: Eating food contaminated with SE is the most common mode of transmission, especially meat and egg products that have not been adequately cooked.
50. Water transmission: drinking water contaminated with SE is also a means of communication.
50. Contact transmission: SE infection can result from direct or indirect contact with SE infected persons or their excreta, as well as contaminated objects.

Measures to prevent salmonella enteritidis infection

In order to prevent SE infection, can take the following measures:

50. Pay attention to food hygiene to ensure food cooked thoroughly, avoid eating raw or undercooked meat and eggs.
50. Maintain personal hygiene: Wash hands regularly, especially before and after handling food, and after using the toilet.
50. Avoid contact with potentially contaminated water: no drinking untreated water, avoid contact with potentially contaminated water.
50. Avoid contact with animal that might carry the SE especially in areas such as the farm or the zoo, avoid direct contact with animals or their droppings.

Treatment of Salmonella enteritidis infection

Once infected with SE, seek medical attention and receive professional treatment. Treatment usually includes antibiotic treatment and symptomatic supportive care to reduce symptoms and accelerate recovery. During treatment, follow your doctor's instructions and complete a full course of antibiotics to ensure complete clearance of the infection.

To sum up, salmonella enteritidis is a kind of by pathogens that spread in food and water, to prevent the infection is the key to maintain good personal hygiene and food hygiene. If the symptoms of infection, should seek medical help in time.

What are the typical symptoms of Salmonella enteritidis infection?

Salmonella enteritidis infection is a common foodborne illness with symptoms that mainly include:

50. Diarrhea: due to the bacteria produce toxins and inflammatory factor to stimulate the intestinal mucosa, causing its permeability increase, water and electrolyte, causing diarrhea. Mainly in the small intestine and colon, characterized by frequent watery stools or loose stools.
50. After abdominal pain: as the pathogen invading the body produce inflammation, inflammation can stimulate local tissue, thereby the symptoms of abdominal pain. Pain is usually located in umbilical week or next abdomen, may be associated with colic.
50. Nausea: When a patient is infected with Salmonella enterititis, it causes gastrointestinal dysfunction, slowing stomach emptying and prolonging the retention of food in the digestive tract. Nausea is often accompanied by abdominal discomfort, may is one of the first symptoms.
50. Vomiting: Salmonella enteritidis infection can cause congestion and edema of the gastrointestinal mucosa and accelerated peristalsis, so that the body produces a defensive reflex to expel harmful substances, which will induce the occurrence of vomiting. Vomiting can occur at any time, may be in the form of a jet in severe cases, the vomit may contain undigested food.
50. Fever: when salmonella enteritidis infection, the body's immune system to recognize and attack these pathogens, the abnormal immune response may cause the temperature regulating center, thus cause fever. Fever is usually of low to moderate, irregular type, sometimes accompanied by chills, sweating and other symptoms.

If you appear afore-mentioned symptoms, especially after eat the suspicious food or water, should immediately go to a doctor, and inform the doctor possible salmonella infection. Your doctor will perform tests and treat you based on the results.

How to effectively prevent Salmonella enteritidis contamination in food processing?

To effectively prevent Salmonella enteritidis contamination in food processing, the following measures can be taken:

50. Strengthen personal hygiene: processing personnel should wash their hands before and after operation, before meals and after toileting, and regularly disinfect and sterilize their work clothes.
50. Strict cleaning and disinfection of food equipment and tools: ensure that all food equipment, tools and containers are thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before use to avoid cross contamination.
50. Comply with the food processing operation standards: implement the separate processing and storage of raw and cooked food, use special processing tools and containers, and appoint special personnel to operate.
50. Use clean water, make sure you use water clean and harmless, not purchasing, processing, use source, without the inspection and quarantine, deterioration of raw materials.
50. Control of salmonella in food and breeding: by low temperature storage control of salmonella breeding, processing cooked meat products should be as soon as possible after eating or stored at low temperature, and shorten the storage time.
50. Thorough heating to kill Salmonella: Heating is an effective method to kill Salmonella, meat products should be fully heated to the internal temperature of 80℃ and last for more than 12 minutes, eggs should be completely cooked.
50. Choose safe food: through normal channels for fresh meat, milk and eggs and their products, avoid buying expired or fresh food.
50. Pay attention to food hygiene: when dealing with food, pay attention to wash and clean cutting boards, knives and other tools, in order to avoid the spread of bacteria. At the same time, pay attention to the freshness and storage of food to avoid food expiration or contamination with other bacteria.

Through the above measures, can significantly reduce salmonella enteritidis pollution risk in the food processing process, to ensure the safety of food.

Salmonella enteritidis infection should be how to manage the diet?

Salmonella infection, dietary management is a very important link, the following are some key dietary advice:

50. To ensure food hygiene: wash hands before the rice then empress, food to prevent recurrence of infection. High temperature disinfection for meat must be strictly, avoid food to eat, might contain salmonella. High temperature in summer season, for raw vegetables or fruits to thoroughly rinse, to prevent carry salmonella. To ensure that adequate heating when cooking food, avoid eating raw food mature, avoid drinking water.
50. Avoid excitant food: patients during the period of onset should avoid spicy, greasy and difficult to digest food, and may cause allergic food, such as seafood, fungus, etc. These foods may aggravate the burden of gastrointestinal tract, delay the rehabilitation process.
50. Replenish moisture and electrolyte: salmonella infection may cause diarrhea, which can lead to dehydration and electrolyte disorder. Therefore, patients need to keep hydrated and electrolytes, mild infections can be managed with oral rehydration salts, and severe illness may need to supplement by intravenous infusion.
50. Choose easy to digest food: patients should choose easy digestion and balanced food, like rice porridge, noodles, etc. These foods help to lighten the burden of gastrointestinal tract, provide the necessary energy to support the body's recovery.
50. A moderate amount of eating: patients should follow the mode of small, frequent meals, avoid overeating. This can help reduce the burden of gastrointestinal tract, promoting digestion and absorption.
50. Pay attention to rest and recovery: during the period of treatment, patients should pay attention to rest, eat high protein food, appropriate increase in resistance, speed up the recovery, at the same time pay attention to supplement electrolyte rich food.

Please keep in mind that these recommendations are general and specific diet plan should be according to the patient's individual situation and adjust the guidance of a doctor. If symptoms persist or intensify, should immediately go to a doctor to get professional treatment.