Affiliation:
1. aEpidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development, CSELS
2. bEnteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, NCEZID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Abstract
OBJECTIVES
Describe characteristics of gastroenteritis, bacteremia, and meningitis caused by nontyphoidal Salmonella among US infants.
METHODS
We analyze national surveillance data during 1968–2015 and active, sentinel surveillance data during 1996–2015 for culture-confirmed Salmonella infections by syndrome, year, serotype, age, and race.
RESULTS
During 1968–2015, 190 627 culture-confirmed Salmonella infections among infants were reported, including 165 236 (86.7%) cases of gastroenteritis, 6767 (3.5%) bacteremia, 371 (0.2%) meningitis, and 18 253 (9.7%) with other or unknown specimen sources. Incidence increased during the late 1970s–1980s, declined during the 1990s–early 2000s, and has gradually increased since the mid-2000s. Infants’ median age was 4 months for gastroenteritis and bacteremia and 2 months for meningitis. The most frequently reported serotypes were Typhimurium (35 468; 22%) for gastroenteritis and Heidelberg for bacteremia (1954; 29%) and meningitis (65; 18%). During 1996–2015 in sentinel site surveillance, median annual incidence of gastroenteritis was 120, bacteremia 6.2, and meningitis 0.25 per 100 000 infants. Boys had a higher incidence of each syndrome than girls in both surveillance systems, but most differences were not statistically significant. Overall, hospitalization and fatality rates were 26% and 0.1% for gastroenteritis, 70% and 1.6% for bacteremia, and 96% and 4% for meningitis. During 2004–2015, invasive salmonellosis incidence was higher for Black (incident rate ratio, 2.7; 95% confidence interval, 2.6–2.8) and Asian (incident rate ratio, 1.8; 95% confidence interval, 1.7–1.8) than white infants.
CONCLUSIONS
Salmonellosis causes substantial infant morbidity and mortality; serotype heidelberg caused the most invasive infections. Infants with meningitis were younger than those with bacteremia or gastroenteritis. Research into risk factors for infection and invasive illness could inform prevention efforts.
Publisher
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Subject
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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