Salmonelosis in animal as a risk for human health

Salmoneloze su zoonoze s najučestalijim slučajevima zaraza u Republici Hrvatskoj. Salmonele su gram negativne štapićaste bakterije koje izazivaju bolesti kod životinja i ljudi, a prenose se sa životinje na čovjeka, putem kontamirane hrane ili putem životinjskog izmeta. S povećanjem standarda stanovništva, povećava se i udio mesa u ljudskoj prehrani, pa se sigurnost hrane nameće kao jedno od najvažnijih pitanja suvremenog doba. Najveća stopa oboljelih bilježi se kod djece i starijih osoba, jer je njihov organizam manje otporan zbog slabog imuniteta. Meso može biti uzročnik bolesti koje se prenose hranom, a najčešći uzročnici alimentarnih infekcija su Salmonella, Campylobacter, Yersinia enterocolitica, Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium botulinum, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli, Shigella. Salmonelozu smatramo samolimitirajucom infekcijom, tako da terapiju antibioticima primjenjujemo samo u slučajevima kad su zaraženi djeca, stariji ljudi, te u slučaju sustavnih infekcija.Salmonelosis is the most common zoonotic contagion in the Republic of Croatia. Salmonella is a gram of negative rodent bacteria that cause disease in animals and humans and is transmitted from animals to human, via contaminated food, or by animal excretion. With increasing population standards, the share of meat in human nutrition increases, so food safety is imposed as one of the most important issues of the modern age. The highest rates of illness are recorded in children and elderly because their organisam is less resistant to poor immunity. Meat may be the cause of food-borne diseases, with Salmonella, Campylobacter, Yersinia enterocolitica, Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium botulinum, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli and Shigella most common causes of food-borne infections.We consider salmonellosis as a self-titrating infection, so antibiotic therapy is only used in cases of infected children, elderly people, and in case of systemic infections