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Salmonella Infection

Marie L Borum, MD, EdD, MPH and Matthew Houle, BS Reviewed 06/2021
 


BASICS

DESCRIPTION

  • Infection caused by any serotype of the bacterial genus Salmonella, a gram-negative facultatively anaerobic bacillus

  • Nontyphoidal Salmonella typically causes gastroenteritis via foodb...

DIAGNOSIS

HISTORY

  • Salmonella infections are typically asymptomatic or result in mild, self-limited gastroenteritis

  • Exposure history: travel; contact with infected human, reptile, or poultry; improper fo...

TREATMENT

  • Treatment is supportive for nonsevere nontyphoidal Salmonella gastroenteritis in immunocompetent patients between 12 months and 50 years of age. The illness is typically self-limited. There ...

ONGOING CARE

FOLLOW-UP RECOMMENDATIONS

Patient Monitoring

  • Asymptomatic shedding of Salmonella may occur for weeks after infection. Follow-up fecal cultures are generally not indicated for patients with ...

REFERENCES

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Shane AL, Mody RK, Crump JA, et al. 2017. 2017 infectious diseases society of america clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of infectious diarrhea. Clinical Infect ...

ADDITIONAL READING

  • Chen  HM, Wang  Y, Su  LH, et al. Nontyphoid Salmonella infection: microbiology, clinical features, and antimicrobial therapy. Pediatr Neonatol.  201...

SEE ALSO

Gastroenteritis; Typhoid Fever 

CODES

ICD10

  • A02.25 Salmonella pyelonephritis

  • A01.02 Typhoid fever with heart involvement

  • A01.3 Paratyphoid fever C

  • A01.00 Typhoid fever, unspecified

  • A02.23 Salmonella arthritis

  • A02.22 Salmonella pneumonia

  • A0...

CLINICAL PEARLS

  • Nontyphoidal Salmonella infection is typically a foodborne infection associated with a self-limited gastroenteritis.

  • Clinical syndromes include gastroenteritis, bacteremia, endovascular...

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