A 36-year-old member asked:
How common is salmonella food poisoning?
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Dr. Yash Khannaanswered
Family Medicine 59 years experience
13.5 per 100000: Incidence of salmonella has gone down in last few years.In 2009, 40000 cases were reported by cdc, that is 13.6 cases per 100000.
That is the last stastictic reported.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
What is salmonella food poisoning?
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Dr. Sidney Vinsonanswered
Gastroenterology 29 years experience
Bacterial infection: Saonella is a bacteria often found in poultry which causes intestinal infection in humans. Symptoms include diarrhea which may be bloody, fever, chills, stomach cramps, and sometimes nausea and vomiting. Most people will recover without any treatment but the infection can be very dangerous to the elderly, children or the sick.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
What is done for food poisoning from salmonella?
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Dr. John Hannaanswered
Family Medicine 37 years experience
Treamtment: Treatment with anti-biotic that has the ability to fight the infection. Cipro (ciprofloxacin) is one that covers, but there have been more and more instances of drug resistance so a culture should be obtained prior to starting the antibiotic.
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Dr. Joel Gallant commented
Infectious Disease 38 years experience
Antibiotics are not recommended for otherwise healthy people with uncomplicated salmonellosis. We generally use antibiotics only in infants, the elderly, immunocompromised people or those with infection outside the GI tract.
Jul 18, 2012
A 43-year-old member asked:
Can you please tell me how salmonella and food poisoning differ?
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Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
Salmonella is one: Type of food posioning; others are preformed toxins such as staphylococcal toxin, boulism; other bugs such as shigella and chemical contaminants.
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