The CDC has issued a statement describing the current state of a national Salmonella outbreak, the source of which has not yet been identified (CDC site). Of the 400 affected people reported to date, almost 20% have been hospitalized, reminding us to send bacterial stool cultures in newly admitted patients with diarrhea, especially if the stools are bloody, or if the patient is febrile.
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