Salmonellosis complicating neoplastic diseases

The incidence and clinical manifestations of salmonellosis in the population of patients with malignant diseases were studied. Thirty-three patients with salmonella infections were found among 38,675 new admissions between 1960 and 1968. Fourteen patients had minor infections, and 4 of these were asymptomatic. The remaining 19 patients were seriously ill with salmonellosis: 7 with gastroenteritis, 3 with peneumonia, and 9 with septicemia. Salmonella infections in patients with malignant disease of the hematopoietic system were particularly ominous. Seven of these 16 patients died. All but 3 of the 17 patients, however, with various other tumors, survived their infections.