Assess for lower-quadrant abdominal tenderness and hyperactive bowel sounds. Antibiotics shorten the duration of diarrhea, eliminate the organisms from the stool. The enteric fever organisms which are almost exclusively human parasites. All domestic pets intestinal excretors. Hen's eggs may also convey infection, but only from outside of shell.
Raw milk is an important vehicle of infection.
Processed meat dishes such as pies, inadequately cooked sausage, stews and reheated preparations. Cases may continue to excrete salmonella-infected feces for weeks or months after the illness. Most individuals have complete immunity to the disease and will not become ill regardless of exposure. Conn. it was first described in 1976.