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Characteristics of Campylobacter and Salmonella Infections and Acute Gastroenteritis in Older Adults in Australia, Canada, and the United States
Author(s) -
Alice E White,
Nadia Ciampa,
Yingxi Chen,
Martyn Kirk,
Andrea Nesbitt,
Bonnie Bruce,
Elaine Scallan Walter
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciy1142
Subject(s) - medicine , campylobacter , diarrhea , bloody diarrhea , abdominal pain , acute gastroenteritis , vomiting , pediatrics , salmonella , bloody , disease , public health , surgery , genetics , nursing , bacteria , biology
The early detection of enteric infections in older adults is challenging because typical signs and symptoms of disease may be less common, absent, or overlooked. Understanding illness characteristics of enteric infections among older adults could improve the timeliness and accuracy of clinical diagnoses, thereby improving patient outcomes and increasing cases reported to surveillance.

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