Salmonellosis ranges clinically from the common
Salmonella gastroenteritis (diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever) to enteric fevers
(including typhoid fever) which are life-threatening febrile systemic illness requiring
prompt antibiotic therapy. Focal infections and an asymptomatic carrier state occur. The
most common form of salmonellosis is a self-limited, uncomplicated gastroenteritis.
Salmonellae are ubiquitous human and animal pathogens, and
salmonellosis, a disease that affects an estimated 2 million Americans each year, is
common throughout the world. Salmonellosis in humans usually takes the form of a
self-limiting food poisoning (gastroenteritis), but occasionally manifests as a serious
systemic infection (enteric fever) which requires prompt antibiotic treatment. In
addition, salmonellosis causes substantial losses of livestock.
Contaminated food is the major mode of transmission for non-typhoidal
Salmonellae because salmonellosis is a zoonosis and has an enormous animal reservoir. The
most common animal reservoirs are chickens, turkeys, pigs, and cows; dozens of other
domestic and wild animals also harbor these organisms. Because of the ability of
salmonellae to survive in meats and animal products that are not thoroughly cooked, animal
products are the main vehicle of transmission. The magnitude of the problem is
demonstrated by the following recent yields of salmonellae: 41% of turkeys examined in
California, 50% of chickens cultured in Massachusetts, and 21% of commercial frozen egg
whites examined in Spokane, WA.
Phage Therapy for Treating Salmonella Infections
Phage Therapy
Center
Phage Therapy Center treats antibiotic-resistant infections. [More information...]
Additional Information About Phage Therapy for this Condition
Evergreen State College
Phage Therapy as Antibiotics
March
2000 Addendum
American Society for Microbiology
Reduction
of Experimental Salmonella and Campylobacter Contamination of Chicken Skin
by Application of Lytic Bacteriophages
Intelligent Synthesis of the Scientific Literature
BACTERIOPHAGE THERAPY
Eliava Institute
List of Bacteriophages
Medical Information
FDA - Bad Bug Book
Salmonella
Union of Concerned Scientists
New Drug-Resistant Salmonella in the United States
Medline Plus
Salmonella Infections
CDC
Salmonellosis
New England Journal of Medicine
The
Isolation of Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella from Retail Ground Meats |
