Question

Which (if any) of the following statements regarding staphylococcal food-borne illness is not correct? If all of the statements are correct, choose the final answer.
a. the disease is caused by ingestion of a toxin
b. the bacterium that causes the disease is often normal flora in the nose of asymptomatic carriers.
c. the bacterium that causes the disease also causes pus forming wound infections, which can transmit the disease to food.
d. cooking contaminated food to kill the bacteria will prevent transmission of the disease
e. all of the above statements regarding staphylococcal food-borne illness are correct

Answer 1

Answer:

d. cooking contaminated food to kill the bacteria will prevent transmission of the disease

Explanation:

Staphylococcus is an opportunistic pathogen that normally inhabits our skin and respiratory tract. When this bacteria grows in food it produces different enterotoxins, which are stable at high temperatures. That is why if a food is contaminated with this bacterium, it is possible that it already contains enterotoxin and when it is reheated or cooked, even though the bacteria is killed, the toxin will remain active and will generate the disease.