I got very, very sick once from mishandling chicken. It was "just" campylobacter. But it was much worse than the average case. I ended up in the ER and afterwards the county CDC wanted to know if I left the county, etc. Long story short, it took me 3 months to get over it and a solid year to regain all of the lost weight and strength. I'm now very thorough with my food handling and preparation.