Salmonellosis

Alternate Name: See Also Typhoid Fever

Test:

B. or faecal culture (+), specific agglutinins (RT),U.culture (- or +), WCC (N or L), faecal blood (+)

Sign:

Dd:

Shigelloses, other enteric bacteria

Phys:

Infection with one of the hundreds of types of Sal­monella can cause acute diarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers are the most common types