Question

compare 3 signs that a doctor or a nurse can use to distinguise a bacterial food born knfection from a bacterial foodborne intoxication

Answer 1

Bacterial food brone infection

It is direct ingestion of live bacteria ,it occurs when food is contaminated by bacteria and often the inflammation leads to diarrhea ,neusea, vomiting.It can last between 1-7 days

Ex : Salmonella sp

Bacterial food brone intoxication

It refers to consumption of toxic chemical produced by bacterial growth in food

Ex: Clostridium botulinum

3 signs that doctors and can distinguish the bacterial food brone infection from bacterial food brone intoxication are

1 )Based on symptoms

Bacterial infection shows the symptoms such as abdominal pain,fever , headache, diarrhea,and vomiting

Bacterial food intoxication shows the symptoms such as neurological disorders and double vision etc.

2) based on presence of toxins

Bacterial food brone infection does not produce any type of toxins

Bacterial food brone intoxication produce toxins and it can cause the neurological disorders

3)Based on diagnosis

Bacterial food brone infection and intoxication are diagnosed by microscopic methods and molecular techniques so these techniques doctors are easily identify the food brone infection and intoxication.