The most common clinical manifestation of gram negative Salmonella typhimurium infection is gastroenteritis. In Poland extraintestinal infections occur in about 0.4% of cases of reported salmonellosis. Poor personal hygiene practices of parents are the most common cause of Salmonella spp. infections in the neonatal period. The neonatal salmonellosis is significantly more frequently reported in ...

Porcine diarrhea has been well described in the literature. The nature of the diarrhea depends upon the pathologic or the physiologic factor(s) involved. Differential diagnoses for porcine diarrhea change as the age of affected pigs increases. For finishing to adult-aged swine, this list includes small intestinal diseases such as transmissible gastroenteritis (TGE), salmonellosis, and porcine p...

Persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have an increased risk of salmonellosis when compared to the general population. We describe seven such patients with Salmonella bacteremia, of whom two had recurrent salmonellosis. In the latter two cases the infection was unusually severe, characterized by widespread infection, bacteremia and relapse, despite standard antimicrobial ther...

A quantitative risk assessment of salmonellosis due to consumption of shell eggs contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) in Belgium was carried out. The risk model was based on the World Health Organization (WHO)-template (World Health Organization, 2003) for SE in eggs and egg products. The results of the model are in the same order of magnitude as the epidemiological data available. Sen...