Salmonella and complications related to age--Sheffield experience
Thuluvath, P.J.; McKendrick, M.W.
Quarterly Journal of Medicine 67(254): 497-503
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-5622 PMID: 3249798 Document Number: 315323
Three instances of extra-intestinal infection in elderly patients and the recent outbreak at Stanley Royd Hospital promoted a retrospective review of all salmonella infections seen at the Regional Diseases Unit over a 30-month period with particular reference to management of those over the age of 65 years. The survey has confirmed a more protracted illness with higher mortality and morbidity in elderly people suggesting a need for routine antibiotic treatment in these patients.