Severe salmonellosis related to oral administration of anti-diarrhoeal drugs.
Infection with non-typhoidal Salmonellae usually causes a self-limiting dysenteric illness. Several factors are known to increase the propensity to invasive disease--with its related sequelae. We present four previously healthy patients who had none of the recognised risk factors but developed Salmonella infection with a severe and protracted illness. Common to each of these patients was the pre-hospital oral administration of anti-diarrhoeal drugs.
Smith
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Infection Unit, City Hospital, Aberdeen.
Smith
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Douglas
J G
JG
Reid
T M
TM
Gould
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000930:Antidiarrheals / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications*; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications*
D000930:Antidiarrheals