Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. It causes nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps, and diarrhea 30 minutes to 8 hours after infection, and lasts no longer than a day. Get tips on treatment and prevention.
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What Is
Staphylococcus aureus bacteria
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Staphylococcus aureus bacteria
Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this digitally colorized, scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, depicts a clump of yellow-colored, spheroid shaped, Staphylococcus aureus bacteria that were enmeshed in a blue-colored, filamentous extracellular matrix, which normally binds cells together within the body’s various tissue types.
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What Is Staph Food Poisoning?
Highlights
Staphylococcus aureus (Staph) are bacteria.
Many people carry Staph on their skin and in their nose.
Staph can spread from unwashed hands and contaminate food.
After getting in food, Staph can multiply and make a toxin that causes food poisoning.
Overview
Staph food poisoning is a gastrointestinal illness. It is caused by toxins made by Staphylococcus aureus (Staph) bacteria.
About 1 in every 4 people and animals carries (has) Staph on their skin and in their nose. Staph usually do not cause illness in healthy people who carry it, but the bacteria have the ability to make toxins that can cause food poisoning.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Interaction of a white blood cell with MRSA
Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this digitally colorized, scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, depicts a number of yellow-colored, spheroid shaped, methicillin-resistant, Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria in a chain-like configuration, which were in the process of being ingested by a type of white blood cell (WBC) known as a neutrophil, that was colored blue.
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Staphylococcus aureus Bacteria
Scanning electron micrograph of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (gold) outside a white blood cell (blue).
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Staphylococcus aureus bacteria SEM
Under a high magnification of 20,000X, this digitally-colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image shows a strain of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria taken from a vancomycin intermediate resistant culture (VISA). See PHIL 11156 for a black and white version of image.
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Staphylococcal Food Poisoning
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Antimicrobial Resistance
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Staphylococcal Gastroenteritis - Food Poisoning, Pathophysiology and Management
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Dangers of Staph food poisoning
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Key Facts
Staphylococcus aureus
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Staphylococcus aureus
Bacterial cells of Staphylococcus aureus, which is one of the causal agents of mastitis in dairy cows. Its large capsule protects the organism from attack by the cow's immunological defenses.
This image was taken at 50,000X magnification on a Transmission Electron Microscope of a heavy-metal coated replica of a freeze dried sample, (TEM) Plate.
Image by USDA/Eric Erbe, Christopher Pooley
Staphylococcus Aureus and Staphylococcal (Staph) Food Poisoning
Sources
People who carry the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus (Staph), which is commonly found on the skin, can contaminate food if they don't wash their hands before touching it. Foods that are not cooked after handling, such as sliced meats, puddings, pastries, and sandwiches, are especially risky if contaminated with Staph.
Incubation period
30 minutes to 8 hours
Symptoms
Sudden start of nausea, vomiting, and stomach cramps. Most people also have diarrhea.
Duration of illness
1 day
What to do
Drink plenty of fluids. If you cannot drink enough fluids to prevent dehydration, call your doctor. Your doctor may give you medicine to decrease nausea and vomiting.
Prevention
Use a food thermometer and cook foods to their safe minimum internal temperature.
Keep hot foods hot (140°F or hotter) and cold foods cold (40°F or colder).
Store cooked food in shallow containers and refrigerate within 2 hours (or 1 hour if it’s hotter than 90° F outside).
Wash your hands for 20 seconds with soap and water before, during, and after preparing food, and before eating.
Do not prepare food if you are ill with diarrhea or vomiting.
Wear gloves while preparing food if you have wounds or infections on your hands or wrists.
This illustration depicts a three-dimensional (3D) computer-generated image of a cluster of sphere-shaped, vancomycin-resistant, Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) bacteria. The artistic recreation was based upon scanning electron microscopic (SEM) imagery.
Image by CDC/ James Archer; Photo credit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Medical Illustrator
How Do People Get Staph Food Poisoning?
People who carry Staph can contaminate food if they don’t wash their hands before touching it. If food is contaminated with Staph, the bacteria can multiply in the food and produce toxins that can make people ill. Staph bacteria are killed by cooking, but the toxins are not destroyed and will still be able to cause illness.
Foods that are not cooked after handling, such as sliced meats, puddings, pastries, and sandwiches, are especially risky if contaminated with Staph.
Food contaminated with Staph toxin may not smell bad or look spoiled.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Antimicrobial Resistance
Figure in review article from Plos One Pathogens on agricultural spread of antimicrobial resistance. Caption: Antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a growing public health concern, but tracing the origins of the bacterium is complicated."
Image by Tara C. Smith
Antimicrobial Resistance
Infographic from the CDC Threat Report 2013, Antibiotic resistance threats in the United States
Image by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hospital-Associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Bacteria : Interaction of MRSA (green bacteria) with a human white cell. The bacteria shown is strain MRSA252, a leading cause of hospital-associated infections in the United States and United Kingdom.
Image by NIAID
Illustration of a man placing food in the refrigerator
MRSA is a type of staph bacteria that's resistant to many antibiotics. This test can diagnose a MRSA infection so you can get treatment that may prevent serious complications.
MRSA is a type of staph bacteria that's resistant to many antibiotics. This test can diagnose a MRSA infection so you can get treatment that may prevent serious complications.
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Related conditions
A MRSA test looks for MRSA bacteria in a sample of fluid or tissue from your body. The sample is often taken from your nose or a wound. MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It is a type of staph bacteria.
Many people have MRSA or other staph bacteria living on their skin or in their noses. These bacteria usually don't cause any harm. Having the bacteria without an infection is sometimes called "carrying" or being "colonized" with the bacteria. But even when you don't have an infection, you could still spread the bacteria to others.
But staph bacteria that enters your body through a cut, scrape, or other open wound, often causes a skin infection. Most staph skin infections are minor. They usually heal on their own or after treatment with antibiotics. But if you are carrying the MRSA bacteria on your skin and it enters through an open wound, the usual treatments may not work well.
MRSA bacteria are different than other staph bacteria. In a normal staph infection, antibiotics will kill the bacteria and stop them from growing. In a MRSA infection, the antibiotics usually used to treat staph infections don't work. The bacteria are not killed, and they continue to grow. When common antibiotics don't work on bacterial infections, it's known as antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance makes it difficult to treat certain bacterial infections.
In the past, MRSA infections mostly happened in hospitals or nursing homes, putting people with weaker immune systems at risk. This is called hospital-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA). But now, MRSA is becoming more common in healthy people. This is known as community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA). In both cases, it's the same MRSA bacteria, but how you treat it and reduce its spread may be different.
Anyone can get MRSA. You could have MRSA and not have any signs or symptoms. MRSA is not spread through the air like a cold or flu virus, but it can live on surfaces for a long time. There are several different ways that MRSA can spread:
Through contact with objects that are contaminated with the bacteria, such as sports or medical equipment.
Sharing personal items that are contaminated with the bacteria, such as a towel, bedding, or a razor.
Through close, personal contact with someone who has an infected wound. This is more likely to happen when large groups of people are close together, such as in a college dorm, locker room, prison, health care setting, or military barracks.
By sharing contaminated needles, which can happen when people are using injectable drugs.
If it's not treated, a MRSA infection may become more serious. If the bacteria spreads to your bloodstream, it can be dangerous, and you need to get quick medical treatment. Untreated MRSA can also spread to other people.
This test is most often used to find out if you have a MRSA infection. The test may also be used to see if treatment for a MRSA infection is working.
You may need this test if you have symptoms of a MRSA infection. Your symptoms will depend on where the infection is located.
A MRSA infection on the skin may look like a type of rash. A MRSA rash looks like red, swollen bumps on the skin. The bumps may be filled with fluid or pus. Some people may mistake a MRSA rash for a spider bite. However, unless you actually see the spider, the bumps are probably not from a spider bite. With MRSA, the infected area may also be:
Warm to the touch
Painful
Symptoms of a MRSA infection in the bloodstream or other parts of the body include:
Fever
Chills
Headache
MRSA rash
A health care provider will take a fluid sample from your wound, nose, blood, or urine. Steps may include the following:
Wound sample:
A provider will use a special swab to collect a sample from the site of your wound.
Nasal swab:
A health care professional will use a special swab to take a sample from your nose.
Blood test:
A provider will take a sample of blood from a vein in your arm.
Urine test:
You will provide a sterile sample of urine in a cup, as instructed by your provider.
After your test, your sample will be sent to a lab for a bacteria culture test. Most tests take 24-48 hours to get results. That's because it takes time to grow enough bacteria to be detected. There is also a molecular test, which can deliver results much faster. The test, which is done on nasal swabs, can find MRSA bacteria in as little as five hours.
Talk to your provider to see which test would be a good choice for you.
You don't need any special preparations for a MRSA test.
There is very little risk to having a wound sample, swab, or urine test.
You may feel a little pain when a sample is taken from a wound. A nasal swab may be slightly uncomfortable. These effects are usually mild and temporary.
There is very little risk to having a blood test. You may have slight pain or bruising at the spot where the needle was put in, but most symptoms go away quickly.
If your results are positive, it means you have a MRSA infection. Treatment will depend on how serious the infection is. For mild skin infections, your provider may clean, drain, and cover the wound. You may also get an antibiotic to put on the wound or take by mouth. Certain antibiotics still work for some MRSA infections.
For more serious cases, you may need to go to the hospital and get treated with powerful antibiotics through an IV (intravenous line).
To understand the results of a MRSA test, your provider will consider your symptoms, medical history, and the results of other tests.
The following steps can lower your risk of getting a MRSA infection:
Wash your hands often and thoroughly, using soap and water.
Use alcohol-based hand sanitizer if you can't wash your hands.
Keep cuts and scrapes clean and covered until they are fully healed.
Don't share personal items such as towels and razors.
Use disinfecting sprays or wipes on light switches, remote controls, or other areas that are touched frequently.
You can also take steps to reduce antibiotic-resistant infections. Antibiotic resistance happens when people don't use antibiotics in the right way. To prevent antibiotic resistance:
Take antibiotics as prescribed, making sure to finish the medicine even after you feel better.
Don't use antibiotics if you don't have a bacterial infection. Antibiotics don't work on viral infections.
Don't use antibiotics prescribed for someone else.
Don't use old or leftover antibiotics.
MRSA Tests: MedlinePlus Medical Test [accessed on Apr 14, 2024]
Normal reference ranges can vary depending on the laboratory and the method used for testing. You must use the range supplied by the laboratory that performed your test to evaluate whether your results are "within normal limits."
Methicillin-Resistant staphylococcus (MRSA) Bacteria : Scanning electromicrograph of the interaction of MRSA (blue bacteria) with a human white cell. The bacteria shown is strain MRSA252, a leading cause of hospital-associated infections in the United States and United Kingdom.
Hospital-Associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Bacteria : Interaction of MRSA (green bacteria) with a human white cell. The bacteria shown is strain MRSA252, a leading cause of hospital-associated infections in the United States and United Kingdom.
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Petechia
A petechial hemorrhage on the lip of a patient with a systemic staphylococcal infection.
Image by CDC/Dr. Thomas F. Sellers/Emory University ID 2861
MRSA bacteria (yellow) being ingested by a neutrophil (purple)
Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this digitally colorized, scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, depicts two, yellow-colored, spherical, methicillin-resistant, Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria, that were in the process of being phagocytized by a blue-colored human white blood cell (WBC), known specifically as a neutrophil.
Image by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria
Under a magnification of 9560X, this digitally-colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicted numerous clumps of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria.
Image by CDC/ Janice Haney Carr/ Jeff Hageman, M.H.S.
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria
Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this digitally colorized, scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, depicts numbers of mustard-colored, spheroid shaped, methicillin-resistant, Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria, which were surrounded by orange-colored cellular debris.
Image by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Abscess
An abscess is an enclosed collection of pus.
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A cutaneous abscess caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria
This 2005 photograph depicted a cutaneous abscess located on the hip of a prison inmate, which had begun to spontaneously drain, releasing its purulent contents. The abscess was caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, referred to by the acronym MRSA.
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria (yellow) interacting with a human neutrophil (red). Image captured at NIAID's Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Hamilton, Montana. Credit: NIAID
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Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria
Under a magnification of 2390X, this digitally-colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicted numerous clumps of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria.
Image by CDC/ Jeff Hageman, M.H.S.; Photo credit: Janice Haney Carr
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria
Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, depicts numerous mustard-colored, spheroid shaped, methicillin-resistant, Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria, enmeshed within the pseudopodia of a red-colored human white blood cell (WBC), known more specifically as a neutrophil.
Image by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Antimicrobial Resistance
Figure in review article from Plos One Pathogens on agricultural spread of antimicrobial resistance. Caption: Antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a growing public health concern, but tracing the origins of the bacterium is complicated."
Image by Tara C. Smith
Antimicrobial Resistance
Infographic from the CDC Threat Report 2013, Antibiotic resistance threats in the United States
Image by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Non-resistant bacteria vs drug resistant bacteria
Diagram showing the difference between non-resistant bacteria and drug resistant bacteria. Non-resistant bacteria multiply, and upon drug treatment, the bacteria die. Drug resistant bacteria multiply as well, but upon drug treatment, the bacteria continue to spread.
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Diagram depicting antibiotic resistance through alteration of the antibiotic's target site, modeled after MRSA's resistance to penicillin. Beta-lactam antibiotics permanently inactivate PBP enzymes, which are essential for bacterial life, by permanently binding to their active sites. MRSA, however, expresses a PBP that does not allow the antibiotic into its active site.
Diagram depicting one recognized way in which bacteria may be resistant to antibiotics: if the antibiotic functions by blocking the active site of the enzyme, the bacteria may evolve to produce an enzyme that will not allow the antibiotic to bind to its active site. (This diagram is modeled specifically on the way some strains of Staphylococcus aureus have evolved to resist the beta-lactam antibiotic methicillin by expressing the mecA gene.)
1- Both enzymes are structurally similar, but differ in the kind of substances they will allow in their active sites. (The differences between the two may actually be much more subtle than what is implied by the image.)
2- Both enzymes carry out normal functions in the bacterial cell. (In this case, the enzymes are depicted making cross-links in the bacterial cell wall, a function which is crucial to bacterial cell survival and replication.)
3- The beta-lactam antibiotic fits in the active site of the antibiotic-sensitive enzyme, but not in that of the resistant enzyme.
4- Once in the active site, the beta-lactam ring of the antibiotic springs open, permanently inactivating the sensitive enzyme. The resistant enzyme, however, is totally unaffected; it is free to continue carrying out its normal function in the bacteria.
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Scanning Electron Micrograph of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci
This scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicts a cluster of vancomycin-resistant, Gram-positive, Enterococci sp. bacteria.
Image by CDC/ Janice Haney Carr
Staphylococcus aureus bacteria
Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this digitally colorized, scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, depicts a clump of yellow-colored, spheroid shaped, Staphylococcus aureus bacteria that were enmeshed in a blue-colored, filamentous extracellular matrix, which normally binds cells together within the body’s various tissue types.
Image by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
MRSA Staph
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Bacteria, Bacterial Species, MRSA
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Diagram depicting antibiotic resistance through alteration of the antibiotic's target site, modeled after MRSA's resistance to penicillin. Beta-lactam antibiotics permanently inactivate PBP enzymes, which are essential for bacterial life, by permanently binding to their active sites. MRSA, however, expresses a PBP that does not allow the antibiotic into its active site.
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Treatment
Hydration
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Hydration
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How Is Staph Food Poisoning Treated?
Fluids
People with vomiting or diarrhea should drink plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration. Dehydration is not having enough water in the body.
People with severe illness may require intravenous (IV) fluids.
Medications
Talk to your healthcare provider about medication to help with nausea and vomiting, if needed.
Antibiotics are not used to treat Staph food poisoning because they do not affect the toxin.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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How to Treat Someone for Food Poisoning | First Aid Training
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Prevention
Food Safety
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Food Safety
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How Can I Prevent Staph Food Poisoning?
Key points
You can take steps to prevent Staph food poisoning.
Always wash your hands before preparing or serving food.
Keep food out of the "danger zone" between 40°F and 140°F.
Refrigerate perishable food after 2 hours (or 1 hour if in 90°F or hotter temperatures).
What increases your risk
Eating foods held at unsafe temperatures can increase the risk of Staph food poisoning.
Foods that are not cooked after handling, such as sliced meats, puddings, pastries, and sandwiches, are especially risky if contaminated with Staph.
Prevention tips
Staph and other germs can multiply rapidly in food left at room temperature – or in the "danger zone" between 40°F and 140°F.
After food is cooked, do not keep it at room temperature if it will not be served and eaten soon. Instead, keep it heated to 140°F or hotter or refrigerate it at 40°F or colder.
Perishable food that has been in the "danger zone" should be refrigerated within 2 hours (or 1 hour if the food has been at 90°F or hotter, such as in a car or at a picnic).
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Staphylococcal Food Poisoning
Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. It causes nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps, and diarrhea 30 minutes to 8 hours after infection, and lasts no longer than a day. Get tips on treatment and prevention.