Talk:Salmonella - Wikipedia

Whoever keeps reverting my edits on 'gram-negative'... Please do not just revert the edit but tell us why being Gram-negative is important! If it is not an indication that the bug will cause illness, what is the significance? Tell me why I need to know that it is "Gram-negative"!

We need to edit these articles so that they can be understood by someone who does not have two years in med school already.

Could someone comment on how Salmonella became present in eggs only in the 20th century?

No, when you find out, could you add your findings (and the sources) to this page? Thank you. JFW | T@lk 10:28, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

As I recall, somebody made the discovery that chickens grow larger if fed lots of antibiotics. This had the unfortunate effect that some strains of salmonella became resistant, and these more harmful strains became endemic.

Ironically, food poisoning from salmonella is due to modern food preparation methods. It used to be that most people were resistant to salmonella, especially those living in poverty — less sanitary preparation results in more bacteria being ingested. The human immune system is well equipped to deal with regular infection by a particular organism, but now that salmonella is rarely found in food, it causes severe reactions when encountered. Undercooked chicken and eggs are not harmful if eaten regularly. --[[User:Eequor|ᓛᖁ ᑐ]] 07:02, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Actually (according to some Dietary groups, like primal diet group) it seem that salmonella grows especially in food AFTER it has been cooked and then left for the night, and not eaten straight away. So it might be that more and more people changed their habits in the 20th century. For example in Italy people use to eat raw eggs often, just drinking them. That had a special expression, it was called "sucking eggs". The current generation do it very very rarely.

I added the bit on Reiter's syndrome, I thought it would be potentially important information here.. Reiter's syndrome mentions salmonella, as does its external link. I heard about Reiter's syndrome as a consequence of salmonella last night on Discovery Health Channel (I think). --AshyRaccoon 21:13, Apr 23, 2005 (UTC)