PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN SALMONELLA-TYPHIMURIUM SEPTICEMIA - A 10-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

In this study, 74 S.typhimurium septicemia cases were evaluated retros pectively from their records, and the age and sex distribution, presen ce of underlying disease, signs and symptoms, complete blood count, li ver function tests and case fatality rate were documented and prognost ic factors determined. It has been shown that S.typhimurium is the mos t common strain causing Salmonella septicemia, which is more fatal in the newborn period and in the presence of an associated disease, while hemoglobin and leukocyte counts do not play an important role in the prognosis. In Salmonella septicemia, congenital heart disease was the second-most common associated disease, which may be attributed to prob able underlying immunodeficiency.