BACTERIA ON THE RISE.Byline: Denise Mann Medical Tribune News Service Grocery shoppers beware. Food-borne illnesses caused by cyclospora infection - the bacteria responsible for the recent Guatemalan raspberry scare - are on the rise, an infectious-disease expert said at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (print-ISSN 0066-4804, CODEN AMACCQ; canceled ISSN 0074-9923, canceled CODEN AACHAX) is an academic journal published by the American Society for Microbiology. in Toronto. And now the bacterium is infecting more than raspberries. In fact, close to 200 cases of cyclospora infection from Mesclun mes·clun n. A mixture of young leafy greens, often including young lettuces, used as salad. [Provençal mesclom, mesclumo, mixture, from Vulgar Latin lettuce and another 200 from contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. basil leaves also have been reported, said Dr. David Relman of the Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs is a term of the business that deals with the relation between a government and its veteran communities, usually administered by the designated government agency. Medical center in Palo Alto and an assistant professor of medicine at Stanford University. In 1997, more than 1,700 cases of cyclospora were reported, mostly from tainted raspberries, compared with 1,400 cases in 1996. ``And in 1998, there will be at least that many, maybe more,'' Relman predicted. Marked by debilitating de·bil·i·tat·ing adj. Causing a loss of strength or energy. Debilitating Weakening, or reducing the strength of. Mentioned in: Stress Reduction diarrhea beginning one week after eating the contaminated food and lasting for several weeks, cyclospora infection also causes severe fatigue and weight loss but is not fatal, Relman said. |
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