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Salmonella Infection

Marie L Borum, MD, EdD, MPH and Cyrus Adams-Mardi, MS, MD (2023, anticipated) Reviewed 05/2023
 


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

1
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Salmonella. cdc.gov/salmonella/index.html (Accessed on Sept 28, 2022).
2
Shane AL, Mody RK, Crump JA, et al. 2017 Infectious Diseases Society of A...

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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