Parasites play lesser role in causing food poisoning. But they can cause long-lasting symptoms though mild in nature. Usually they enter our body through contaminated or untreated water. In parasites, a single celled being – Protozoa and worms cause food poisoning. Now, let us have some knowledge about these parasites. Giardia Lamblia: This is a [...]
Food Poisoning Bacterium: Vibrio Cholerae Vibrio Cholerae: This bacterium is responsible for Asiatic or epidemic cholera. Though anybody may become the target of this bacterium, the people who have damaged or weak immunity, or the people suffering from malnutrition, or reduced gastric acidity are very much prone to this type of food poisoning sickness. This [...]
Food Poisoning Bacterium: Clostridium Botulinum Clostridium Botulinum: This bacterium is an anaerobic, Gram-positive, spore-forming rod that releases a deadliest neurotoxin. There are seven types of this bacterium and four of them are capable of causing food poisoning. Though the occurrence rate of this food poisoning type is low, the death rate can be high if [...]
Food Poisoning Bacterium: Shigella Shigella: This food poisoning sickness is also known as Traveler’s diarrhea. Shigella is a Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore forming rod-shaped bacterium. This food poisoning sickness mainly occurs in humans rather than animals. The water contaminated with human feces is the breeding ground for this bacterium. For infants, the elderly and the individuals [...]
Food Poisoning Bacterium: Bacillus Cereus Bacillus Cereus: These bacteria are gram-positives like Staphylococcus Aureus. Normally, they cause two types of food poisoning sickness. One is diarrheal type and other one is vomiting type. In some cases, food poisoning caused by these bacteria can lead to gangrene, lung swelling, septic meningitis, pyogenic infections and resulting into [...]