Salmonellosis (Salmonella spp. other than S. Typhi and S. Paratyphi)

Clinical criteria
Any person with at least one of the following four:
- Diarrhoea
- Fever
- Abdominal pain
- Vomiting

Laboratory criteria
Isolation of Salmonella (other than S. Typhi and S. Paratyphi) from stool, urine, body site (e.g. infected wound) or any normally sterile body fluids and tissues (e.g. blood, CSF, bone, synovial fluid)
Detection of nucleic acid from Salmonella (other than S. Typhi or S. Paratyphi) in a clinical specimen*

Epidemiological criteria
At least one of the following two:
- Human to human transmission
- Exposure to a common source

Case classification
A. Possible case
NA
B. Probable case
Any person meeting the clinical criteria and with an epidemiological link
C. Confirmed case
Any person meeting the clinical and the laboratory criteria

*Note: If the nucleic acid amplification test used does NOT discriminate between different Salmonella enterica serotypes, detection of salmonella DNA from a stool sample should be notified as a case of salmonella enteritis.  

Current as of: 22 January 2019

Historic Case Definitions