Who can tell me about Salmonella in the carrier state?
Background:
In a human, Salmonella will usually run a normal clinical case and be
completely out of the body in about two weeks. In about 5% of the cases the
human can become a carrier, and shed the organism over a long period of time.
Here are my questions:
Are certain physical conditions (AIDS, gall bladder infection, pregnancy) of
the patient more likely to induce the carrier state?
Are certain subtypes more probable to form a carrier state (other than S.
typhi)?
Are there any good reference publication on this topic?
Thanks in advance for your information. Please reply via e-mail.
drice at vines.colostate.edu
Doug
Douglas A. Rice
CSU-Environmental Quality Laboratory Director
Applied microbiology of food, air, water and soil.
drice at vines.colostate.edu
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