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Sure, I think choosing one potential bacteria per person is a good start. I'm fine with either Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, or E. coli. But not the others listed.
Also, we've started a Facebook page because it might be easier to communicate there. So if you prefer to chat over Facebook, please add Venice if you haven't already! :)
Hey group! I agree with all except Shigella. Just because it really isn't something you would consider for raw egg consumption. Unless we want to focus more on gastrointestinal symptoms. Not sure what we would do in its place if we decided not to. Where I got my list was from an Egg safety webpage and it said what pathogens are commonly associated with eggs. Can you please send me the facebook page link.
Thanks, Alysha
maybe Salmonella, Campylobacter, E. coli (colibacillosis in poultry), Listeria monocytogenes, and/ or Staphylococcus auerus?
Sounds good. Let's choose the top 4 that's the most likely to be related to this case. Maybe Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria and Staphylococcus? Like Alysha said, E. coli is debatable.
And since the main clue we're given for the case is "raw eggs", and even the title is Grade B Eggs, I agree that we should choose the pathogen that is associated more strongly to eggs and poultry in general. Because there's too many other bacteria that causes watery diarrhea alone.
Hey Guys! Well I agree, we should focus on egg transmitted pathogens for the sake of the egg case. So it looks like Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria and Staphylococcus are safe options to choose from. If possible i'd like to do Campylobacter!
Awesome! If everyone else is ok with this, we can each start choosing our bacteria. Since I didn't do prior research on Listeria and Staphylococcus in my wiki, I would prefer to do Salmonella.
Venice, are you comfortable working with either Listeria or Staphylococcus? If not, perhaps we should think of substituting one of the pathogens you're more familiar with into the list?
ok. I will take Staphylococcus then even through seems like only Alysha has information on Listeria and Staphylococcus. Is it possible to add more research papers for our week 2 content or we can only stick with what we have in week 1?
Sure, I can share some of the work with you for Staphylococcus too if you want! And I don't think we need to add more info to the final product (unless we see any mistakes of course). I think week 2 is more about summarizing and putting all our answers together to make it coherent.
Maybe we should cite without numbers first because it will be easier to combine our references together later if we cite with last name first (APA style)?
Are we using wiki format for our content still?
Okay I can do Listeria if that is what is left. An important thing about S. aureus is to detect the bacteria you must be infected with it versus intoxication of the toxins alone. You can detect the toxins though. Also to reiterate what Anna said it is about summarizing all our answers so rather than starting from scratch start with what responses people have given and then find info where it is lacking. Yeah I agree with APA. I think keeping with Wiki will work since we probably already have most of our content.
Is everyone ok with this layout?
---1 Grade B Eggs: Microbiology Laboratory
[Most common bacterial pathogens associated with Sammy's infectious scenario:]
---1.1 Salmonella
1.1.1 Background
1.1.2 Specimen/Samples Taken
1.1.3 Laboratory Testing
1.1.4 Expected Results
---1.2 E. Coli
1.2.1 Background
1.2.2 Specimen/Samples Taken
1.2.3 Laboratory Testing
1.2.4 Expected Results
---1.3 Staphylococcus
1.3.1 Background
1.3.2 Specimen/Samples Taken
1.3.3 Laboratory Testing
1.3.4 Expected Results
---1.4 Campylobacter
1.4.1 Background
1.4.2 Specimen/Samples Taken
1.4.3 Laboratory Testing
1.4.4 Expected Results
yup looks good. Can we somehow include a paragraph on "how important is the Microbiology Laboratory in the diagnosis of this disease" to fully answer question 2?
I would prefer:
1. Most likely Pathogens
-Discuss the four bacteria
2. Samples collected
-->then if we want to talk about things relevant to all bacteria we can. For example, how Venice wants to about how Microbiology labs are important for diagnosis. -Discuss the four bacteria
3. Lab tests & Results
-Salmonella (with subsections for all)
-E.coli
-S. aureus
-Campylobacter
What does everyone else think.
The format looks good. I know right now "What samples are taken for laboratory testing?" and "How important is the Microbiology Laboratory in the diagnosis of this disease?" are misplaced on wiki but I would like to add that into 2. Samples collected
I also like Anna's table thing. We can incorporate that into Alysha's suggested format.
Hi everyone. So I think we have decided on our format. I have been moving around and formatting so let me know if you do or do not like it. Micheal-Campylobacter, Me-E.coli, Venice-S. aureus, Anna-Salmonella. APA style Also lets try to avoid describing the same thing multiple times so depending on the order maybe shorten or cut out some of it if sections before have thoroughly described it. Do we agree on having serology a short section once at the end?