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Salmonella typhimurium
Epidemiology:
1) together with Salmonella enteritidis, the most common cause of non-typhi Salmonella illness in the US
2) associated with consumption of dehydrated foods, poultry products or pet turtles, ducklings & iguanas
Pathology:
1) severe non-bloody diarrhea
2) septicemia in patients with AIDS
3) fever
4) may precede onset of Reiter's syndrome
Laboratory:
1) fecal leukocytes generally positive
2) blood cultures in immunosuppressed patients
3) Salmonella typhimurium serology
4) Salmonella culture from stool
Management:
1) supportive
2) antibiotics
a) prolong the carrier state
b) do NOT affect the course of the disease
c) use only if blood cultures as positive
Related
diarrhea
protein NipSnap3A (NipSnap4, target for Salmonella secreted protein C, TassC, NIPSNAP3A, NIPSNAP4, HSPC299)
Reiter's syndrome
Salmonella enteritidis
typhoid (enteric) fever
General
Salmonella
Properties
KINGDOM: monera
DIVISION: SCHIZOMYCETES
References
Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed)
Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 536