Available options in the management of non-typhi Salmonella.
Gastroenteritis, caused by Salmonella spp. is usually a self-limiting infection and does not require treatment. However, in some immunosuppressed patients (such as the newborn, the elderly, those with AIDS or neoplasms), there is a greater risk of developing a severe systemic infection, and in these cases, antibiotic treatment is recommended. Third-generation cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones are the most useful antibiotics in the treatment of these infections, although resistant strains are sometimes isolated. Therapeutic failures have been reported with fluoroquinolones in extra-intestinal infections caused by nalidixic acid resistant strains.
Ruiz
Montserrat
M
S. Microbiología, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Camí de L'almazara, n masculine 11, 03203 Elche, Alicante, Spain.
Rodríguez
Juan Carlos
JC
Escribano
Isabel
I
Royo
Gloria
G
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents