Food Poisoning

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Salmonella GastroenteritisSalmonella gastroenteritis is apparently more carefully diagnosed than some of the other types of food poisoning. Feig2 found 72 outbreaks (3430 cases); 40 were termed "food poisoning," and 32, "gastroenteritis." They represent 14.6 per cent of the total of 476 outbreaks reported for a three-year period. In 1951 only 15 outbreaks (850 clinical cases) were reported. Although the specific salmonella involved was not determined in 30 (42 per cent) of the 72 outbreaks, at least there is evidence that the organism was demonstrated in either the stools or the food or both and in only 2 cases was . . .