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Revision as of 18:39, 21 August 2014

Salmonellosis should be differentiated from other pathogens that lead to acute inflammatory diarrhea:

Pathogen	Transmission	Clinical Manifestations
Pathogen	Transmission	Fever	Nausea/Vomiting	Abdominal Pain	Bloody Stool
Salmonella	Outbreaks due to foodborne transmission, community-acquired	++	+	++	+
Shigella	Community-acquired, person-to-person	+	+	+	+
Campylobacter	Community-acquired, ingestion of undercooked poultry	+	+	+	+
E. coli (EHEC or EIEC)	Foodborne transmission, ingestion of undercooked hamburger meat	+	+	+	+
Clostridium difficile	Nosocomial spread, antibiotic use	+	+	+	+
Yersinia	Community-aquired, foodborne transmission	+	+	+	+
Entamoeba histolytica	Travel to or emigration from tropical regions	+	+	+	+
Aeromonas		+	+	+	+
Plesiomonas		+	+	+	+

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