Gastrointestinal Salmonella Infection:Analysis of 235 Cases
- VernacularTitle:沙门菌胃肠道感染235例分析
- Author:
Xulin QI
1
;
Dongfang LIN
;
Xiaogang XU
;
Shurui BU
Author Information
1. 复旦大学附属金山医院感染科
- Keywords:
Salmonella;
Infection;
Clinical characteristics;
Epidemiology
- From:
Chinese Journal of Clinical Medicine
2015;(3):370-373
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To understand the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of gastrointestinal salmonella infection . Methods:The clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with gastrointestinal salmonella infection in Enteric Diseases Clinic of Jinshan Hospital affiliated to Fudan Uninversity during 1998 and 2013 ,were retrospectively analyzed .Results:During 1998 and 2013 ,235(96 .17% was recent 8 years) cases with Salmonella infection were checked out from patients with diarrhea in Enteric Diseases Clinic of Jinshan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University .Most of the cases(96 .17% ) were checked out dur‐ing 2006 and 2013 .The annual high prevalence of salmonella infection was during May and October .The onset of salmonella infection was mainly 12‐24 h after eating salmonella contaminated food .The manifestation was mainly abdominal pain ,diarrhe‐a ,and fever .Daily defecation times were from 3‐4 times to 20‐30 times .Watery stool was most often found ,while mucous stool or bloody purulent stool was accidently found .The variation of patients’ temperature was between 38℃ and 39 .4℃ .It might be accompanied by chill .Once infected with salmonella ,the symptoms of healthy adults would last for 2~5 days till re‐covery .However ,the symptoms of old and infirm ones would last for a long time .Severe vomit and diarrhea might cause se‐vere dehydration .Conclusions:To understand the clinical manifestations ,the features of onset ,and the epidemiological charac‐teristics ,is conducive to the early clinical diagnosis and therapy .
