Salmonella typhimurium

Epidemiology

• together with Salmonella enteritidis, the most common cause of non-typhi Salmonella illness in the US
• associated with consumption of dehydrated foods, poultry products or pet turtles, ducklings & iguanas

Pathology

• severe non-bloody diarrhea
• septicemia in patients with AIDS
• fever
• may precede onset of Reiter's syndrome

Laboratory

• fecal leukocytes generally positive
• blood cultures in immunosuppressed patients
• Salmonella typhimurium serology
• Salmonella culture from stool

Management

• supportive
• antibiotics
  • prolong the carrier state
  • do NOT affect the course of the disease
  • use only if blood cultures as positive

More general terms

• Salmonella

Additional terms

• diarrhea
• protein NipSnap3A (NipSnap4, target for Salmonella secreted protein C, TassC, NIPSNAP3A, NIPSNAP4, HSPC299)
• Reiter's syndrome
• Salmonella enteritidis
• typhoid (enteric) fever