Patient 4: Ng Ming En

Case 4
Patient: Ng Ming En
Diagnosis: Food Poisoning

What is Food Poisoning?
A foodborne illness, also foodborne disease and commonly called food poisoning, is any illness resulting from the consumption of food contaminated by pathogenic bacteria, toxins, viruses, prions or parasites.

What are the common causative micro-organisms in Food Poisoning?

Since there is an extensive list of organisms that can cause Food Poisoning, the next thing we should do is to narrow down the list by looking at the symptoms present in the patient.

References:
http://www.ashtree.co.uk/features/bugs.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_poisoning