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Salmonella infections in Canadian children

Canadian Paediatric SocietyPediatrics2018Official publication

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Official Canadian Paediatric Society document (2018) on “Salmonella infections in Canadian children”. Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) infections are primarily transmitted by contaminated food or water or contact with carrier animals (particularly reptiles), and present with diarrhea. Antibiotics do not decrease the severity or duration of diarrhea and may increase the incidence of NTS carriage, so they should only be used with suspected or proven bacteremia or invasive infection. Typhoid/paratyphoid fever manifests as.

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