PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A S el-Radhi
AU  - T Rostila
AU  - T Vesikari
TI  - Association of high fever and short bacterial excretion after salmonellosis.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.67.4.531
DP  - 1992 Apr 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 531--532
VI  - 67
IP  - 4
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/67/4/531.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/67/4/531.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1992 Apr 01; 67
AB  - One hundred and two children with salmonella gastroenteritis were studied for factors affecting the length of convalescent bacterial excretion. There was a significant correlation between degree of fever and duration of excretion: a fever of greater than or equal to 40 degrees C had the shortest and no fever the longest duration of excretion. Fever therefore appears to have a favourable prognostic influence on the length of salmonella excretion.