Key links:

• Vital Signs for Food Safety:
  • June 2011's Vital Signs report focuses on foodborne illness, and Salmonella.
    Each year, 1 in 6 people in the US gets sick from eating contaminated food. The 1,000 or more reported outbreaks that happen each year reveal familiar culprits—Salmonella and other common germs. Learn what you can do to reduce contamination from the farm to the table.
• Salmonella is a Sneaky Germ: Seven Tips for Safer Eating
• Food Safety and Raw Milk
• Medscape commentaries that support clinicians and reference Salmonella infections in people:
  • Clinical Impact of Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella
  • Infections in Children
  • Special Populations
  • Raw Sprouts
  • Salmonella
  • Raw Milk
  • Overview of Foodborne Illness

Website: Gastrointestinal (Enteric) Diseases from Animals

• Zoonotic diseases can cause many different illnesses in people, including Salmonella. This website is an excellent resource for Education materials and other information about Outbreaks,  Animals, and Places where Salmonella infections can spread from animals to people.

Key links:

• Digital Press Kits:
  • Multistate Outbreaks of Human Salmonella Infections Linked to Small Turtles
  • Multiple Multistate Outbreaks of Human Salmonella Infections Linked to Live Poultry in Backyard Flocks
• Medscape commentaries that support clinicians and reference Salmonella infections spread from animals to people :
  • Risks From Pets and Pet Food: Major Outbreaks of Enteric Zoonoses in 2012
  • Pet Turtles Can Make People Sick: Guidance for Clinicians
  • Pets Can Make People Sick

Key links:

• Antibiotic Resistance Threats Report and Foodborne Germs
• Salmonella interactive graphs from CDC’s  National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS)
  • This page includes interactive graphs that allow users to visualize the percentage of NARMS human isolates resistant to various antimicrobial agents, by year. Graphs are presented for non-typhoidal Salmonella (all and select serotypes) and other select pathogens.
• Medscape Commentary: Clinical Impact of Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella

Key links:

• Stay safe in the lab! What You Work With Can Make You Sick  [PDF - 1 page]