Infection caused by any serotype of the bacterial genus Salmonella, a gram-negative anaerobic bacillus
Nontyphoidal Salmonella typically causes gastroenteritis via foodborne infection...
Salmonella infections are typically asymptomatic or result in mild, self-limited gastroenteritis.
Exposure history: travel; contact with infected human, reptile, or poultry; improper f...
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 ...
Asymptomatic shedding of Salmonella may occur for weeks after infection. Follow-up fecal cultures are generally not indicated for patients with ...
Chen HM, Wang Y, Su LH, et al. Nontyphoid Salmonella infection: microbiology, clinical features, and antimicrobial therapy. Pediatr Neonatol. 2013;54(3):147–152. [View Abstrac...
A02.9 Salmonella infection, unspecified
A02.0 Salmonella enteritis
A02.1 Salmonella sepsis
A02.8 Other specified salmonella infections
A02.21 Salmonella meningitis
A02.22 Salmonella pneumonia
A02...
Nontyphoidal Salmonella infection is typically a foodborne infection associated with a self-limited gastroenteritis.
Clinical syndromes include gastroenteritis, bacteremia, endovascular...
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Figure 263.1. Small round gastroenteritis viruses visualized by electron microscopic examination of stool specimens. <bold>A:</bold> Calicivirus belonging to the Norovirus genus from a patient infected during a foodborne outbreak of gastroenteritis. <bold>B:</bold> Calicivirus belonging to the Sapovirus genus from a young child with vomiting and diarrhea. Characteristic hollows are present on the surface of some virions. <bold>C:</bold> Astrovirus from an elderly patient with diarrhea in a nursing home. Part...
Figure 263.1. Small round gastroenteritis viruses visualized by electron microscopic examination of stool specimens. <bold>A:</bo...