Rossi, F.; Santonicola, S.; Amadoro, C.; Marino, L.; Colavita, G. Recent Records on Bacterial Opportunistic Infections via the Dietary Route. Microorganisms2024, 12, 69.
Rossi, F.; Santonicola, S.; Amadoro, C.; Marino, L.; Colavita, G. Recent Records on Bacterial Opportunistic Infections via the Dietary Route. Microorganisms 2024, 12, 69.
Rossi, F.; Santonicola, S.; Amadoro, C.; Marino, L.; Colavita, G. Recent Records on Bacterial Opportunistic Infections via the Dietary Route. Microorganisms2024, 12, 69.
Rossi, F.; Santonicola, S.; Amadoro, C.; Marino, L.; Colavita, G. Recent Records on Bacterial Opportunistic Infections via the Dietary Route. Microorganisms 2024, 12, 69.
Abstract
This literature review was aimed to identifying the opportunistic bacterial pathogens that can be transmitted by contaminated food and represent a current threat for patients particularly suscep-tible to infections because of underlying conditions or predisposing factors. The analysis was focused on recent case or outbreak reports, and systematic reviews published in years 2019 - 2023 and resulted in sorting 24 bacterial groups comprising genera or species able to cause a variety of systemic or invasive infections if ingested with food or drinking water. These included both bacteria known to cause mild infections in immunocompetent persons and bacteria considered innocuous that are used in food fermentation or as probiotics. No recent cases from dietary routes were reported for bacteria of critical importance as nosocomial pathogens and widely occurring in food products, primarily, Acinetobacter baumanii and Klebsiella pneumoniae. However, the very first sources of their introduction in the clinical environment still need to be estab-lished.
In many instances, risky dietary habits such as eating raw fish, seafood, raw meat, unpasteurized milk and derived products or the lack of control on fermentation processes led to the reported illnesses, pointing out to the necessity to improve the hygiene of production and consumer’s awareness of risks.
Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology
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