Table 1.

Examples of Foodborne Diseases Caused by Microorganisms in the Food Matrix.

Pathogenic Sources	Food Matrix	Symptoms and Illnesses	References
Staphylococcus aureus	Unpasteurized Milk and Cheese Products	Food Poisoning	Khare et al. [34] Mostafa et al. [35]
Bacillus cereus	Dairy Products, Dry Foods, Rice, Egg Products	Diarrhea, Vomiting	Grutsch et al. [36] Griffiths and Schraft [37]
E. coli O157:H7	Meat Products and Milk	Diarrheal Diseases and Producing of Shiga Toxins	Xu et al. [38] Kramarenko et al. [39]
Vibrio parahaemolyticus	Seafood	Diarrhea	Letchumanan et al. [40] Jiang et al. [41]
E. coli O26	Ground Beef	Stomach Cramps, Bloody Diarrhea, Vomiting and High Fever	Ma et al. [42] Amagliani et al. [43]
Salmonella enteritidis	Meats, Eggs, Fruits, Vegetables	Vomiting, Diarrhea, Cramps, Fever	Sharma [44] Paramithiotis et al. [45]
Vibrio parahaemolyticus Vibrio cholerae	Freshwater Fish and Shellfish	Severe Diarrhea, Cholera	Li et al. [46] Baron et al. [47]
Klebsiella pneumoniae	Fresh Fruits and Vegetables	Pneumonia	Mesbah Zekar et al. [48] Ghafur et al. [49]
Campylobacter jejuni	Meat, Poultry	Postinfectious Reactive Arthritis	Riley [50] Skarp et al. [51]
Clostridium perfringens	Poultry Meat	Human Gastrointestinal Diseases	Hamad et al. [52] Rouger et al. [53]
Clostridium botulinum	Uncooked Food, Canned Foods	Botulism	Aston and Beeching [54] Yadav et al. [55]
Listeria monocytogenes	Lentil Salad	Gastroenteritis and Invasive Infection	Drali et al. [56] Vojkovska et al. [57]
Shigella sp.	Poor Water Supply	Watery Diarrhea Mixed with Blood and Mucous	Nisa et al. [58] Shafqat et al. [59]
hepatitis E virus	Rabbit Meat	Liver Disease	Bigoraj et al. [60] Kaiser et al. [61]
Salmonella	Fresh Vegetables	Gastroenteritis	Yang et al. [62] Saw et al. [63]