SALMONELLA SUIPESTIFER BACTEREMIA

Abstract

The rarity of reports of Salmonella suipestifer infection in human beings and the bizarre clinical picture usually present in the sporadic case prompt this report. For the past two decades this organism has been known to be pathogenic for man. Until the World War the Salmonella suipestifer organism was known to be the cause of hog cholera. Since that time there has been increasing evidence of its definite relationship to human disease. The disease in human beings may express itself in either epidemic or sporadic form. The epidemic type of Salmonella suipestifer infection was always associated with food poisoning. The sporadic case associated with bacteremia has been reported only since 1919. We report another case of Salmonella suipestifer bacteremia with unusual clinical features. <h3>LITERATURE</h3> Epidemics of gastro-enteritis were reported from southern Europe and Asia Minor by MacAdam,¹and in Serbia by Hirschfeld.²The cause of these epidemics was