Table 2. Clinical features of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Chester infection (n=8 cases).
| Case no. |
Duration of diarrhea (days) |
Duration of fever (days) |
Abdominal pain | Vomiting | Bloody stool | WBC (/µl) |
CRP (mg/dl) |
Initial antibiotics | Duration of antibiotic therapy (days) | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | − | − | − | 10,800 | 7.26 | CTRX | 12 | Alive |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | − | − | + | NA | NA | AZM | 3 | Alive |
| 3 | 6 | 6 | − | + | − | 7,000 | 2.19 | AMPC | 7 | Alive |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | + | − | − | 9,400 | 1.68 | CTX | 14 | Alive |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | − | + | − | 9,100 | 5.33 | CTX + ABPC | 9 | Alive |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | − | − | + | 11,400 | 0.17 | — | — | Alive |
| 7 | 0 | 14 | − | − | − | 6,500 | 6.62 | CTRX | 21 | Alive |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | − | − | + | 9,500 | 1.08 | FOM | 9 | Alive |
WBC, white blood cell; CRP, C-reactive protein; CTRX, ceftriaxone; NA, not available; AZM, azithromycin; AMPC, amoxicillin; CTX, cefotaxime; ABPC, ampicillin; FOM, fosfomycin.