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Not Just Food Poisoning: Salmonella in Young Infants Can Turn Deadly
Not Just Food Poisoning: Salmonella in Young Infants Can Turn Deadly
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Host Holly Wayment speaks with the first doctor to be double boarded in neonatology and infectious disease: Dr. J.B. Cantey about salmonella in infants and children, emphasizing that salmonella gastroenteritis can quickly become invasive and life‑threatening in young babies. There's been a recent uptick in Salmonella cases in the San Antonio area.
The episode reviews why infants are more vulnerable, current testing practices (including molecular stool panels), the importance of blood cultures…
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