What is Salmonella food poisoning?
What is Salmonella food poisoning?
- Salmonella food poisoning: Common type of food poisoning.
- Salmonella food poisoning: A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that utilizes citrate as a sole carbon source. It is pathogenic for humans, causing enteric fevers, gastroenteritis, and bacteremia. Food poisoning is the most common clinical manifestation. Organisms within this genus are separated on the basis of antigenic characteristics, sugar fermentation patterns, and bacteriophage susceptibility.
Source - Diseases Database
- Salmonella food poisoning: a kind of food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Salmonella food poisoning as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Salmonella food poisoning: Introduction
Types of Salmonella food poisoning:
Types of Salmonella food poisoning:
Broader types of Salmonella food poisoning:
How many people get Salmonella food poisoning?
Incidence (annual) of Salmonella food poisoning: estimated 1.4 million cases (CDC estimate/NIAID, many unreported)
Incidence Rate of Salmonella food poisoning: approx 1 in 194 or 0.51% or 1.4 million people in USA [about data]
Undiagnosed prevalence of Salmonella food poisoning: up to 1.4 million cases (CDC/NAID); estimated that only 2% of cases are reported to CDC
Undiagnosed prevalence rate of Salmonella food poisoning:
approx 1 in 194 or 0.51% or 1.4 million people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Salmonella food poisoning:
It is estimated that from 2 to 4 million cases of salmonellosis occur in the U.S. annually.
(Source: FDA Bad Bug Book)
...
Every year, approximately 40,000 cases of salmonellosis are reported
in the United States. Because many milder cases are not diagnosed
or reported, the actual number of infections may be twenty or
more times greater. (Source: excerpt from Salmonellosis (General): DBMD)
...
An estimated 1.4 million cases occur
annually in the United States; of these, approximately 40,000
are culture-confirmed cases reported to CDC. (Source: excerpt from Salmonellosis: DBMD)
Who gets Salmonella food poisoning?
Profile for Salmonella food poisoning: Target Populations:: All age groups are susceptible, but symptoms are most severe in the elderly, infants, and the infirm. AIDS patients suffer salmonellosis frequently (estimated 20-fold more than general population) and suffer from recurrent episodes.
(Source: FDA Bad Bug Book)
Geography Profile for Salmonella food poisoning: Salmonellosis occurs worldwide, but it is most
often reported in North America and Europe. (Source: excerpt from Foodborne Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
How serious is Salmonella food poisoning?
Complications of Salmonella food poisoning:
see complications of Salmonella food poisoning
Prognosis of Salmonella food poisoning: most persons recover without treatment. (Source: excerpt from Salmonellosis (General): DBMD)
...
While most people recover successfully from salmonellosis, a
few will experience long-term symptoms such as arthritis.
Salmonellosis can be a very serious or even deadly infection in
those who are very young, elderly, or have weakened immune
systems. (Source: excerpt from Foodborne Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Deaths for Salmonella food poisoning: estimated 1,000 deaths each year (DBMD); 38 reported deaths (NVSR Sep 2001)
What causes Salmonella food poisoning?
Causes of Salmonella food poisoning: see causes of Salmonella food poisoning
Causes of Salmonella food poisoning: Cause of disease -- Penetration and passage of Salmonella organisms from gut lumen into epithelium of small intestine where inflammation occurs; there is evidence that an enterotoxin may be produced, perhaps within the enterocyte.
(Source: FDA Bad Bug Book)
...
Salmonella
is also a bacterium that is widespread in the intestines of birds,
reptiles and mammals. It can spread to humans via a variety
of different foods of animal origin. (Source: excerpt from Foodborne Infections General: DBMD)
Risk factors for Salmonella food poisoning:
see
risk factors for Salmonella food poisoning
What are the symptoms of Salmonella food poisoning?
Symptoms of Salmonella food poisoning:
see symptoms of Salmonella food poisoning
Complications of Salmonella food poisoning:
see complications of Salmonella food poisoning
Incubation period for Salmonella food poisoning: from about 8 hours up to 3 days
Incubation period for Salmonella food poisoning: Onset time -- 6-48 hours.
(Source: FDA Bad Bug Book)
Duration of Salmonella food poisoning: Duration of symptoms -- Acute symptoms may last for 1 to 2 days or may be prolonged, again depending on host factors, ingested dose, and strain characteristics.
(Source: FDA Bad Bug Book)
Seasonality of Salmonella food poisoning: Salmonellosis is more common in the summer
than winter. (Source: excerpt from Salmonellosis (General): DBMD)
Can anyone else get Salmonella food poisoning?
More information:
see contagiousness of Salmonella food poisoning
Salmonella food poisoning: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Salmonella food poisoning.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Salmonella food poisoning.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Salmonella food poisoning:
see treatments for Salmonella food poisoning
Prevention of Salmonella food poisoning:
see prevention of Salmonella food poisoning
Research for Salmonella food poisoning:
see research for Salmonella food poisoning
Society issues for Salmonella food poisoning
Hospitalization statistics for Salmonella food poisoning:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Salmonella food poisoning:
- 0.009% (1,175) of hospital consultant episodes were for salmonella in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 78% of hospital consultant episodes for salmonella required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 49% of hospital consultant episodes for salmonella were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 51% of hospital consultant episodes for salmonella were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Salmonella food poisoning
Main name of condition: Salmonella food poisoning
Class of Condition for Salmonella food poisoning: bacterial
Other names or spellings for Salmonella food poisoning:
Salmonella, Salmonellosis
Salmonellosis, Salmonella
Source - Diseases Database
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