Health Care Provider Information on Salmonellosis

On this page:
Required Disease Reporting
Clinical Features
Treatment

Required Disease Reporting

• Reporting Salmonellosis
  Healthcare providers and clinical laboratories are required to report cases and suspect cases to the Minnesota Department of Health.
  
  
• Cases are subject to restriction on daycare attendance and food handling.
  

Clinical Features

• CDC: Salmonellosis Infections
  Includes information about clinical features, transmission, trends, and more.
  

Treatment

• Salmonella infections often do not require treatment unless the patient becomes severely dehydrated or the infection spreads from the intestines.
• Persons with severe diarrhea may require rehydration, often with intravenous fluids.
• Antibiotics are not usually indicated unless the infection spreads from the intestines to the blood stream, and then to other body sites.
• The elderly, infants, and those with impaired immune systems are more likely to have a severe illness.

Do you suspect that you have a foodborne or waterborne illness? Visit reporting suspected foodborne/waterborne illnesses.