OBJECTIVES The study sought to determine the differences in lengths of stay and medical costs between patients admitted to hospital with non-typhoidal salmonellosis that were either quinolone resistant (QR) or quinolone susceptible (QS). DESIGN We examined medical records of all patients 1 year of age or older admitted to a Hong Kong hospital between 2003 and 2008 with confirmed salmonellosis...

Globally, there has been an increase in squamates (particularly lizards and snakes) being kept as pets. Additionally, urban spread has resulted in greater human encroachment and interaction with the natural habitat of wild squamates. A potential consequence of increasing human interaction with squamates is the increased potential for disease transfer. This review collates the literature describ...

Rabbits orally challenged with Salmonella enterica developed a dose-dependent diarrheal disease comparable to human salmonellosis. Viable Salmonella organisms recovered from the intestine and deep tissues indicate local and systemic infections. Therefore, results show that the rabbit can be used as a model for diarrheal disease and sequelae associated with salmonellosis.

Twenty-eight patients with typhoid fever and one patient with paratyphoid fever were subjected to intestinal function tests (faecal fat and D-xylose) and jejunal biopsy soon after recovery from the acute phase of the disease in order to assess the residual functional and morphological status of the small bowel. The results indicate that almost 50% (14/29) initially had defective D-xylose absorp...

The genus Salmonella was named after Daniel E. Salmon who first reported the isolation of Salmonella from a pig in 1885 and named the organism Bacterium choleraesuis (currently known as Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis) [1,2]. Salmonella causes gastroenteritis and typhoid fever and is one of the major foodborne pathogens of significant public health concern [3]. Salmonella is considered...

Discussion: The veterinary Salmonella control program for swine have reduced the pork related number of human salmonellosis cases from 1,144 cases registered in 1993 to 77 cases in 2002. The annual expenses to the program were 6.9 million Euro in 2002. In total, the expenses to the veterinary program have been close to 90 million Euro since its initiation in 1995. Assuming that the number of hu...