Salmonella

Communication Materials

Below are select communication materials that support general prevention efforts aimed at reducing Salmonella infections.

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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:

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.

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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