Posted on 03/26/2023 8:03:45 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
A new study suggests that E. coli from meat products may be responsible for hundreds of thousands of urinary tract infections in the U.S. each year.
A team of scientists developed a new genomic approach for tracking the origins of E. coli infections. Using this method, the team estimated that between 480,000 and 640,000 urinary tract infections in the United States each year may be caused by foodborne E. coli strains.
"We're used to the idea that foodborne E. coli can cause outbreaks of diarrhea, but the concept of foodborne E. coli causing urinary tract infections seems strange—that is, until you recognize that raw meat is often riddled with the E. coli strains that cause these infections," said Price.
E. coli is far and away the most common cause of urinary tract infections, causing upward of 85% of cases each year.
Data suggests that a majority of raw meat products are contaminated with E. coli.
The researchers collected raw chicken, turkey and pork purchased from major grocery store chains and isolated E. coli from these meat samples. At the same time, the researchers collected urine and blood E. coli isolates from patients hospitalized for urinary tract infections.
By analyzing the genomes of E. coli from meat and those from people, the research team identified segments of E. coli DNA unique to strains that colonize food animals versus humans, then developed a new predictive model to differentiate E. coli from the two sources.
Previous work by the same team, investigating a single sequence type of E. coli, had linked contaminated meat to urinary tract infections. In the latest study, the team used their new predictive model to look at all E. coli sequence types and showed that about 8% of E. coli urinary tract infections could be attributed to meat.
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
Thoroughly clean everything—including your hands.
WARNING: ANTI-MEAT/ANTI-HUMAN SOURCE
“A new study suggests that E. coli from meat products...”
Most E. coli infections come from contaminated VEGETABLES.
What was found in this study was that for UTIs, only forms from local meat sources mattered.
You're not following the narrative which is "red meat bad . . bugs good". You're confusing the issue with facts so,we will have to label this as disinformation. Thank you, your ever watching government.
we're watching you
Be real...This is an anti-meat ad. We get a lot more notices about e-coli and field grown lettuce etc
So don’t swallow food. Problem solved. No E-Coli from lettuce. No Listeria from hot dogs. Government issued squeeze tubes of “Soylent Rainbow” will be issued monthly to keep you safe and reduce climate change.
With meat, this is simply from preparers, mostly women, it would appear, not thoroughly cleaning their own hands and under their fingernails, prior to going to the bathroom.
I see this as strictly a hygiene issue.
This is about not touching your John Thomas without first cleaning raw meat residue from under your nails.
YMMV - 1/2 million infected yearly...
Last excerpt from article: In the latest study, the team used their new predictive model to look at all E. coli sequence types and showed that about 8% of E. coli urinary tract infections could be attributed to meat.
So if only 8% then the other 92% are from nature, plants & poor hygiene. Really bugs me how much info they try to spin
or obscure with bs.
Maybe one or two bad hot dogs
Warning stop eating meat immediately! 😏
I usually cook meat.
What part of the cow are they eating?
What part of the cow is the Angus?
I mistrust most of those “studies.” This one especially since it promotes a leftist cause.
Do you also cook your fingers before touching Mr. Happy?
In 2022, the FDA investigated 6 e coli outbreaks. They were only able to identify the source in 2 of the investigations.
Romaine
Frozen Falafel (chickpea and bean)
I would have thought freezing would have killed the e coli, but apparently not.
Neither was meat, though animal or human fertilizer could be to blame.
I predict that their "predictive model" was constructed to support their hypothesis.
... which kills bacteria.
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