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Differentiating Salmonellosis from Other Diseases
Salmonellosis should be differentiated from other pathogens that lead to acute inflammatory diarrhea:[1]
Pathogen | Transmission | Clinical Manifestations | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | Travel to tropical regions, ingestion of raw or undercooked shellfish | + | + | + | + |
References
- ↑ Thielman NM, Guerrant RL (2004). "Clinical practice. Acute infectious diarrhea". N Engl J Med. 350 (1): 38–47. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp031534. PMID 14702426.