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A 28-year-old member asked:
Can eating raw eggs give you salmonellosis disease?
3 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in
Dr. Scott Bolhackanswered
Wound care 36 years experience
Salmonella: Yes, eggs can carry this bacterium. Eating raw eggs, therefore, increases your chances of acquiring the salmonella bacterium.
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Dr. Christine Homanswered
Pediatrics 31 years experience
Yes: Eggs and other chicken products can be contaminated with salmonella bacteria. Raw egg should be avoided in those desiring to avoid Salmonella.
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 26 years experience
YES !!: An egg can become contaminated from salmonella bacteria in the chicken’s reproductive tract before a shell even forms. The same passageway that excretes feces is the one that excretes eggs – so the outer shell can be contaminated. Bacteria can also enter the pores of an eggshell after the egg is laid.
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Last updated Oct 26, 2018
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