Salmonella Infections

Article1 May 1944SALMONELLA INFECTIONSREPORT OF 37 CASES OBSERVED AT BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL, NEW YORK, IN THE PAST FOUR YEARSERICH SELIGMANN, M.D., JULIUS J. HERTZ, M.D.ERICH SELIGMANN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JULIUS J. HERTZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-5-743 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe frequency and clinical significance of Salmonella infections are not fully recognized everywhere. Two main reasons may be responsible for this fact. First, the bacteriological diagnosis of the organisms involved is not always an easy one. There are more than 100 different types, many of which can be accurately identified only in laboratories especially equipped with the many dozens of specific agglutinating sera of the somatic and flagellar type. Since more than 50 different sera are involved, and many must be prepared by specific absorption, this equipment is restricted to certain laboratories installed as Salmonella centers. However, many of the...Bibliography1. BORNSTEINSCHWARZ SH: Salmonella infection in infants and children, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1942, cciv, 546. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. SCHIFFSTRAUSS FL: Occurrence of several unusual types of Salmonella in human infections, Jr. Infect. Dis., 1939, lxv, 160. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. KROSSSCHIFF IF: Pseudo-surgical syndromes produced by Salmonella organisms, Jr. Digest. Dis., 1940, vii, 176. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. SCHIFFSAPHRA FI: Variety of types in human paratyphoid C infections, Jr. Infect. Dis., 1940, lxvi, 98. Google Scholar5. FRANTABRAMSON SH: Epidemic diarrhea of the newborn, in BRENNEMANN'S Practice of Pediatrics, 1941, W. F. Prior Co., Hagerstown, Maryland, vol. 1, chapter 28, section II. Google Scholar6. ABRAMSONFRANTOLDENBUSCH HSC: Salmonella infection of the newborn: its differentiation from epidemic diarrhea and other primary enteric disorders of the newborn, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1939, xxiii, 591. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. SCHIFF F: Salmonella panama: Occurrence in serious infections of infants in New York City, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1938, cxi, 2458. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. BORMANWHEELERWESTMICKLE EKKMDEFL: Salmonella typing in a Public Health laboratory, Am. Jr. Pub. Health, 1943, xxxiii, 127. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication June 8, 1943.From the Departments of Bacteriology and Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, New York. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited BySalmonella ileocecal lymphadenitis masquerading as appendicitisSalmonellosis — A Review of Some Unusual AspectsCHRONIC SUBPHRENIC ABSCESS DUE TO SALMONELLA ORANIENBURG INFECTION: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE*LEON ROSOVE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Clinical and Microbiologic Aspects of SalmonellosisStreptomycin treatment of salmonella enteritis in infantsUse of amino acids in a case of severe Salmonellaschottmuelleri (paratyphoid B) infection in an infant 1 May 1944Volume 20, Issue 5Page: 743-751KeywordsBacteriologyHospital medicineSalmonella Issue Published: 1 May 1944 PDF DownloadLoading ...