Salmonellosis

ABSTRACT

Salmonellosis is a term used to define "the clinical manifestations in man and animals resulting from infection by salmonella organisms other than S. typhi or S. paratyphi A, B or C". There are around 2000 Salmonella serotypes. They infect a multitude of hosts, including mammals, birds, reptiles and insects. Removed from their hosts, they often remain viable in the environment even when desiccated and deprived of their ordinary metabolic needs (AU)