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A 31-year-old member asked:
How can you catch salmonellosis?
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Dr. Scott Mitchellanswered
Bariatrics 25 years experience
Salmonella: Salmonella is transmitted by contaminated food, water, or contact with infected animals. For detailed information, check out the cdc's website at http://www.Cdc.Gov/salmonella/.
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Salmonella: Salmonella is usually transmitted to people through contaminated food such as eggs (inside the egg or on the shell), chicken, turkeys & even on fruits or vegetables contaminated by animal feces (especially raw sprouts). Salmonella can be transmitted from cats, dogs, fish, birds and turtles (especially tiny turtles)
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Salmonellosis, what is it?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Christopher Dowdanswered
Internal Medicine 22 years experience
Foodborne illness: Salmonella organisms can cause a variety of illness ranging from "regular" gastroenteritis to serious bloodborne infections of the heart or bones.
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