TABLE 2.
Clinical data from patients with extraintestinal salmonellosis
| Parameter | No. of patients with:
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoid fever (n = 6) | Bacteremiaa (n = 32) | Focal infectiona (n = 14) | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 2 | 22 (9) | 7 (2) |
| Female | 4 | 10 (1) | 7 |
| Age group | |||
| Pediatric (<14 yrs) | 2 | 2 | |
| Adult (15–60 yrs) | 3 | 16 (5) | 2 |
| Geriatric (>61 yrs) | 1 | 14 (5) | 12 (2) |
| Portal of entry | |||
| Unknown | 3 | 14 | 10 |
| Gastrointestinal tract | 3 | 18 | 4 |
| Predisposing factors | |||
| Absent | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| Present | 1 | 23 | 9 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 10 (3) | 5 (2) | |
| Gastrectomy | 4 (2) | ||
| AIDS | 7 (3) | 1 | |
| Corticosteroid therapy | 3 (1) | 1 (1) | |
| Other | 1b | 2c (1) | 2d |
| Clinical data | |||
| Fever (>38°C) | 6 | 27 | 13 |
| Diarrhea | 3 | 17 | 4 |
| Leukocytosis (>10,000/mm3) | 1 | 14 | 8 |
| Leukopenia (<4,500/mm3) | 5 | 6 | 2 |
a
Number of deaths in parentheses.
b
Hiatal hernia.
c
One patient with alcoholism and dementia and another with hiatal hernia.
d
One colelithiasis and another alcoholism.