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*A species of facultatively anaerobic [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Shape::bacillus]] that includes six subspecies within the family [[Enterobacteriaceae]] and order [[Enterobacterales]]
*A species of facultatively anaerobic [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Shape::bacillus]] that includes six subspecies within the family [[Enterobacteriaceae]] and order [[Enterobacterales]]
*''Salmonella enterica'' subsp. ''enterica'' is the main subspecies of medical importance, and includes more than 2500 serovars within it
*''Salmonella enterica'' subsp. ''enterica'' is the main subspecies of medical importance, and includes more than 2500 serovars within it
**''Salmonella enterica'' subsp. ''enterica'' serovar Enteritidis is the most common cause of salmonellosis in humans
**''Salmonella enterica'' subsp. ''enterica'' serovar Enteritidis is the most common cause of [[salmonellosis]] in humans
**''Salmonella enterica'' subsp. ''enterica'' serovars Typhi and Paratyphi cause enteric fever (typhoid or paratyphoid fever)
**''Salmonella enterica'' subsp. ''enterica'' serovars Typhi and Paratyphi cause [[enteric fever]] (typhoid or paratyphoid fever)


== Clinical Manifestations ==
== Clinical Manifestations ==

Revision as of 18:10, 23 May 2021

Background

Microbiology

  • A species of facultatively anaerobic Gram-negative bacillus that includes six subspecies within the family Enterobacteriaceae and order Enterobacterales
  • Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica is the main subspecies of medical importance, and includes more than 2500 serovars within it
    • Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Enteritidis is the most common cause of salmonellosis in humans
    • Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi cause enteric fever (typhoid or paratyphoid fever)

Clinical Manifestations