Progress of clinical characteristics and antibiotic therapy of non-typhoidal Salmonella infection in children / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Non-typhoid Salmonella(NTS)is widely distributed around the world, mainly infected children under 5 years of age.Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium are the main serotypes.NTS are major cause of acute gastroenteritis, but the invasive diseases such as bacteremia and meningitis are more serious.The antibiotic resis-tance of NTS is severe, and irrational use of antibiotics is ubiquitous.Now, the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, susceptible factor and antibiotic therapy of NTS infection in children were summarized, which helps early diagnose and rational antibiotic therapy.