Barbara B. Kowalcyk

MeSH headings : Adult; Child; Consumer Behavior; Databases, Factual; Disease Outbreaks; Epidemiological Monitoring; Female; Food Safety; Foodborne Diseases / epidemiology; Foodborne Diseases / etiology; Foodborne Diseases / microbiology; Foodborne Diseases / virology; Humans; Male; Poison Control Centers; Prevalence; Product Recalls and Withdrawals; Program Evaluation; Retrospective Studies; Self Report; Spatio-Temporal Analysis; United States / epidemiology

TL;DR: There are significant limitations to using self-reported FBD exposures to NPDS as a source of information for FBD surveillance of large national outbreaks and recalls; however, a syndromic approach may yield different results and should be explored. (via Semantic Scholar)

author keywords: Gastroenteritis; irritable bowel syndrome; infectious disease epidemiology

MeSH headings : Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Cohort Studies; Female; Gastroenteritis / complications; Gastroenteritis / epidemiology; Humans; Irritable Bowel Syndrome / epidemiology; Irritable Bowel Syndrome / etiology; Male; Middle Aged; Risk; Risk Factors; Time Factors; Young Adult

TL;DR: For GE patients, concomitant cramps and history of psycho-social consultations were significantly associated with increased risk of irritable bowel syndrome, and GE patients had increased risk up to 5 years post-exposure, suggesting there may be other contributing factors. (via Semantic Scholar)

author keywords: Chronic bowel disorders; Autoimmune disorders; Neurologic dysfunction; Renal failure

MeSH headings : Cost of Illness; Foodborne Diseases / complications; Humans; Public Health; United States

TL;DR: A full understanding of the long-term sequelae of foodborne infection is important both for individual patient management by clinicians, as well as to inform food safety and public health decision making. (via Semantic Scholar)