Université de Fribourg

Non-typhoidal Salmonella blood stream infection in Kuwait: Clinical and microbiological characteristics

Albert, M. John ; Bulach, Dieter ; Alfouzan, Wadha ; Izumiya, Hidemasa ; Carter, Glen ; Alobaid, Khaled ; Alatar, Fatemah ; Sheikh, Abdul Rashid ; Poirel, Laurent

In: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019, vol. 13, no. 4, p. e0007293

Salmonella organisms are classified into typhoidal Salmonella (causing enteric fever) and non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) (causing infections other than enteric fever). Apart from causing other infections, NTS causes blood-stream infection (bacteremia and septicemia). NTS blood stream infection (NTS-BI) is considered to be an emerging and neglected tropical disease in Africa. It causes a very...