Salmonella infection remains a major public health concern worldwide, contributing to the economic burden of both industrialized and underdeveloped countries through the costs associated with surveillance, prevention and treatment of disease (Crump et al
Gastroenteritis is a common childhood illness that causes vomiting, diarrhoea and fever, often in sporadic seasonal outbreaks (eg Salmonella typhi, non-typhoidal salmonella in patients under 3 months, ‘Antibiotic Treatment of Acute Gastroenteritis in Children’, F1000Research, vol
Food poisoning is defined as 'an illness caused by the consumption of food or water contaminated with bacteria and/or their toxins, or with parasites Antibiotic resistance has become a problem with both S
Results: A total of 419 patients had non-typhoidal Salmonella infection
Most people who get ill from Salmonella have diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps
Once a complicated salmonella infection or typhoid fever has been confirmed, the preferred antibiotics are fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, or fleroxacin), azithromycin, or ceftriaxone Antimicrobial agents and hospital admission may be recommended in Salmonella gastroenteritis in infants younger than 3 months, infants younger than 12 months with temperatures of more than 39°C and unknown blood culture results, Egypt), multiply antibiotic-resistant strains of S
Curiously the incidence of reactive arthritis following AGE has ranged from 2/100,000 overall to remarkably high rates of 19% following a well-documented foodborne outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis 108 gastroenteritis, perhaps suggesting that some pathogens are more likely to be involved in molecular mimicry of the host
1, 2 Because GE is predominantly
Effective antimicrobial agents with good intracellular penetration include azithromycin, fluoroquinolones and third-generation cephalosporins
In the present study, 696 isolates of non-Typhi Salmonella collected from humans, food animals, and retail meats in the United
You can reduce your risk of salmonella with safe food handling habits and by washing your hands after touching People with Shigella infection should drink plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration
Salmonellae are facultative anaerobic gram-negative bacilli and usually enter the body via the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, where they can persist for long In one randomized, blinded control study, patients with gastroenteritis received 500 mg ciprofloxacin or a placebo twice a day for five days