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Treatment of salmonellosis is often symptomatic, with electrolyte replacement and rehydration. Mild cases of salmonelloses usually resolve within 5 to 7 days. Patients with severe cases of the disease may require [[rehydration]], often with [[intravenous fluids]]. [[Antibiotic]] treatment is not indicated, unless the patient becomes severely [[dehydrated]] or septicemia occurs.<ref name=WHO>{{cite web | title = Salmonella (non-typhoidal) | url = http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs139/en/ }}</ref> | Treatment of salmonellosis is often symptomatic, with electrolyte replacement and rehydration. Mild cases of salmonelloses usually resolve within 5 to 7 days. Patients with severe cases of the disease may require [[rehydration]], often with [[intravenous fluids]]. [[Antibiotic]] treatment is not indicated, unless the patient becomes severely [[dehydrated]] or septicemia occurs.<ref name=WHO>{{cite web | title = Salmonella (non-typhoidal) | url = http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs139/en/ }}</ref> | ||
Salmonellosis commonly presents with unspecific gastrointestinal symptoms, such as [[diarrhea]], [[fever]], and [[abdominal pain]]. Antibiotic treatment of infectious diarrhea is considered controversial because: | [[Salmonellosis]] commonly presents with unspecific [[gastrointestinal]] symptoms, such as [[diarrhea]], [[fever]], and [[abdominal pain]]. [[Antibiotic]] treatment of infectious [[diarrhea]] is considered controversial because:<ref name="pmid11170916">{{cite journal| author=Hohmann EL| title=Nontyphoidal salmonellosis. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 2001 | volume= 32 | issue= 2 | pages= 263-9 | pmid=11170916 | doi=10.1086/318457 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11170916 }} </ref> | ||
*Symptoms may be caused by different types of enteric pathogens, which makes the initial treatment of severe cases often "empiric" | *[[Symptoms]] may be caused by different types of [[enteric]] pathogens, which makes the initial treatment of severe cases often "empiric" | ||
*Antibiotic treatment of non-typhoidal salmonellosis prolongs shedding of the bacteria in feces. | *[[Antibiotic]] treatment of non-typhoidal salmonellosis prolongs shedding of the [[bacteria]] in feces. | ||
==Antibiotic Therapy== | ==Antibiotic Therapy== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2] Jolanta Marszalek, M.D. [3]
Overview
Medical Therapy
Treatment of salmonellosis is often symptomatic, with electrolyte replacement and rehydration. Mild cases of salmonelloses usually resolve within 5 to 7 days. Patients with severe cases of the disease may require rehydration, often with intravenous fluids. Antibiotic treatment is not indicated, unless the patient becomes severely dehydrated or septicemia occurs.[1]
Salmonellosis commonly presents with unspecific gastrointestinal symptoms, such as diarrhea, fever, and abdominal pain. Antibiotic treatment of infectious diarrhea is considered controversial because:[2]
- Symptoms may be caused by different types of enteric pathogens, which makes the initial treatment of severe cases often "empiric"
- Antibiotic treatment of non-typhoidal salmonellosis prolongs shedding of the bacteria in feces.
Antibiotic Therapy
References
- ↑ "Salmonella (non-typhoidal)".
- ↑ Hohmann EL (2001). "Nontyphoidal salmonellosis". Clin Infect Dis. 32 (2): 263–9. doi:10.1086/318457. PMID 11170916.