Infection caused by any serotype of the bacterial genus Salmonella, a gram-negative facultatively anaerobic bacillus
Nontyphoidal Salmonella typically causes gastroenteritis via foodb...
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 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. 201...
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...
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...