Abstract
Salmonella thompson, a common pathogen of poultry, has received scant attention as a cause of human gastroenteritis. At least 45 persons were infected with S thompson in Sacramento, California, after eating at a chicken restaurant and 38 became symptomatic. Ten required admission to hospital, and all were treated with antibiotics and improved. In 19 cases cultures of stool specimens for S thompson over a 60-day period showed slower but statistically insignificant differences in salmonellal elimination in 7 patients who received antibiotics when compared with 12 who were untreated. We report this outbreak to increase awareness of the virulence and prevalence of gastroenteritis due to S thompson.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 203-205 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Western Journal of Medicine |
| Volume | 141 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - 1984 |
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Febrile gastroenteritis due to Salmonella thompson. / Linares, A. P.; Cohen, Stuart H; Goldstein, E.; Kelley, A. D.; Eisenstein, T. K.
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T1 - Febrile gastroenteritis due to Salmonella thompson
AU - Linares, A. P.
AU - Cohen, Stuart H
AU - Goldstein, E.
AU - Kelley, A. D.
AU - Eisenstein, T. K.
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - Salmonella thompson, a common pathogen of poultry, has received scant attention as a cause of human gastroenteritis. At least 45 persons were infected with S thompson in Sacramento, California, after eating at a chicken restaurant and 38 became symptomatic. Ten required admission to hospital, and all were treated with antibiotics and improved. In 19 cases cultures of stool specimens for S thompson over a 60-day period showed slower but statistically insignificant differences in salmonellal elimination in 7 patients who received antibiotics when compared with 12 who were untreated. We report this outbreak to increase awareness of the virulence and prevalence of gastroenteritis due to S thompson.
AB - Salmonella thompson, a common pathogen of poultry, has received scant attention as a cause of human gastroenteritis. At least 45 persons were infected with S thompson in Sacramento, California, after eating at a chicken restaurant and 38 became symptomatic. Ten required admission to hospital, and all were treated with antibiotics and improved. In 19 cases cultures of stool specimens for S thompson over a 60-day period showed slower but statistically insignificant differences in salmonellal elimination in 7 patients who received antibiotics when compared with 12 who were untreated. We report this outbreak to increase awareness of the virulence and prevalence of gastroenteritis due to S thompson.
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