National case definition: Salmonellosis
Salmonellosis
Date of last revision/review: May 2008
National notification
Only confirmed cases of disease should be notified.
Type of surveillance
Routine case-by-case notification to the federal level
Case classification
Confirmed case
Laboratory confirmation of infection with or without clinical illness:
- isolation of Salmonella sp. (excluding Salmonella typhi) from an appropriate clinical specimen (e.g. sterile site, deep tissue wounds, stool, vomit or urine)
Probable case
Clinical illness in a person who is epidemiologically linked to a confirmed case
Laboratory comments
Further strain characterization (e.g. serotyping, phage typing, PFGE typing) is indicated for epidemiologic, public health and control purposes.
Clinical evidence
Clinical illness is characterized by headache, diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, fever and sometimes vomiting. Asymptomatic infections may occur, and the organism may cause extra-intestinal infections.
ICD code(s)
ICD-10 code(s)
- A01.1 Paratyphoid Fever A
- A01.2 Paratyphoid Fever B
- A01.3 Paratyphoid Fever C
- A01.4 Paratyphoid Fever, unspecified
- Infection due to Salmonella paratyphi not otherwise specified (NOS)
- A02 Other Salmonella infections (excluding S. typhi and S. paratyphi)
- A02.0 Salmonella enteritis Salmonellosis
- A02.1 Salmonella septicaemia
- A02.2 Localized salmonella infections
- A02.8 Other specified salmonella infections
- A02.9 Salmonella infection, unspecified
ICD-9/ICD-9CM code(s)
- 002.1 Paratyphoid Fever A
- 002.2 Paratyphoid Fever B
- 002.3 Paratyphoid Fever C
- 002.4 Paratyphoid Fever, unspecified
- 003 Other Salmonella infections (excluding S. typhi and S. paratyphi)
- 003.0 Salmonella gastroenteritis
- Salmonellosis
- 003.1 Salmonella septicemia
- 003.2 Localized Salmonella infections
- 003.8 Other specified Salmonella infections
- 003.9 Salmonella infection, unspecified
Comments
Includes S. Paratyphi (paratyphoid fever)
Probable case definitions are provided as guidelines to assist with case finding and public health management, and are not for national notification purposes.
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