Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Nontyphoidal Salmonella Infections by Isolate Resistance- Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2004-2018.
Louise K Francois WatkinsSarah LunaBeau B BruceFelicita MedallaJared ReynoldsLogan C RayElisha L WilsonHayat CaidiPatricia M GriffinPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)
We observed a significant association between nontyphoidal Salmonella infections caused by resistant pathogens and likelihood of hospitalization. Clinical resistance was not associated with poorer outcomes, suggesting that factors other than treatment failure (e.g., strain virulence, strain source, host factors) may be important.