Salmonella enteritidis

Epidemiology

• together with Salmonella typhimurium, 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
• 7 cases associated with raw almonds 2004
  • almonds from Paramount Farmas, Inc. of Los Angeles, CA

Pathology

• severe non-bloody diarrhea
• septicemia in patients with AIDS
• fever
• may precede onset of Reiter's syndrome
• interacts with p21RhoG to induce cytoskeleton rearrangement & promote bacterial entry

Laboratory

• fecal leukocytes generally positive
• blood cultures in immunosuppressed patients
• Salmonella enteritidis serology
• Salmonella enteritidis 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
• Reiter's syndrome
• Salmonella typhimurium