Human infection with Salmonella dublin.
Twenty-seven cases of human infection with Salmonella dublin were identified over a 12-year period at the University of California at San Diego-affiliated hospitals. Important epidemiologic risk factors were the ingestion of unpasteurized dairy products or treatment with nutritional therapy that included raw calf-liver extracts. Nearly all patients had underlying chronic diseases. Like Salmonella choleraesuis, S. dublin infections were associated with a high incidence of bacteremia (91%), metastatic sites of infection (30%), and mortality (26%) relative to other non-typhoidal Salmonellae. This pattern of disease expression may be related to a plasmid-encoded virulence factor common to both of these organisms.
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Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego Medical Center.
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D000328:Adult; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D003611:Dairy Products / Q000009:adverse effects; D004035:Diet Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy