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Salmonella enterica subspecies arizonae infection of adult patients in Southern Taiwan: a case series in a non-endemic area and literature review

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Infectious Diseases, December 2016
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Title
Salmonella enterica subspecies arizonae infection of adult patients in Southern Taiwan: a case series in a non-endemic area and literature review
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BMC Infectious Diseases, December 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12879-016-2083-0
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Yi-Chien Lee, Miao-Chiu Hung, Sheng-Che Hung, Hung-Ping Wang, Hui-Ling Cho, Mei-Chu Lai, Jann-Tay Wang

Abstract

The majority of Salmonella arizonae human infections have been reported in southwestern United States, where rattlesnake-based products are commonly used to treat illness; however, little is known in non-endemic areas. We reviewed and analyzed the clinical manifestations and treatment outcomes in adult patients with S. arizonae infection at our institution. A retrospective study was conducted at a regional teaching hospital in southern Taiwan from July 2007 to June 2014. All adult patients diagnosed with S. arizonae infections and treated for at least three days at Chia-Yi Christian Hospital were included. Patients were followed till discharge. A total of 18 patients with S. arizonae infections (median age: 63.5 years) were enrolled for analysis, of whom two thirds were male. The three leading underlying diseases were diabetes mellitus, peptic ulcer disease and malignancy. Ten patients had bacteraemia and the most common infection focus was the lower respiratory tract. Most of the patients (72.2%) received third-generation cephalosporins as definitive therapy. In contrast, ampicillin-based regimens (accounting for 45.2%) were the major treatment modalities in previous reports. The crude in-hospital mortality was 5.6%, which was much lower than what was previously reported (22.7%). Though uncommon, there were cases of S. arizonae infections in Taiwan. Patients receiving third-generation cephalosporins treatment had better prognosis compared with those treated with ampicillin-based regimen.

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Unknown 46 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 15%
Student > Bachelor 5 11%
Student > Postgraduate 5 11%
Other 4 9%
Professor 3 7%
Other 7 15%
Unknown 15 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 15%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 9%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 3 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 7%
Other 10 22%
Unknown 14 30%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 May 2023.
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#7,289,603
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#2,338
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#130,266
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#76
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