Editing Salmonellosis (section)

===Enteritis===
{{See also |Enteritis#Infectious enteritis}}
After a short incubation period of a few hours to one day, the bacteria multiply in the [[small intestine]], causing an intestinal inflammation ([[enteritis]]). Most people with salmonellosis develop diarrhea, fever, vomiting, and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection.<ref name=Santos>{{cite journal|last=Santos|first=Renato L.|author2=Shuping Zhang |author3=Renee M. Tsolis |author4=Robert A. Kingsley |author5=L. Gary Adams |author6=Andreas J. Baumler |title=Animal models od Salmonella infections: enteritis versus typhoid fever|journal=Microbes and Infection|year=2001|volume=3|issue=14–15|pages=1335–1344 |doi=10.1016/s1286-4579(01)01495-2|pmid=11755423}}</ref> Diarrhea is often watery and non-bloody but may be mucoid and bloody.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.merckmanuals.com/en-ca/professional/infectious-diseases/gram-negative-bacilli/nontyphoidal-salmonella-infections|title=Nontyphoidal Salmonella Infections - Infectious Diseases - Merck Manuals Professional Edition|work=Merck Manuals Professional Edition|access-date=2018-09-15|language=en-CA}}</ref> In most cases, the illness lasts four to seven days, and does not require treatment. In some cases, though, the diarrhea may be so severe that the patient becomes dangerously dehydrated and must be hospitalized. At the hospital, the patient may receive [[intravenous therapy|fluids intravenously]] to treat the dehydration, and may be given medications to provide symptomatic relief, such as fever reduction. In severe cases, the ''Salmonella'' infection may spread from the intestines to the blood stream, and then to other body sites, and can cause death, unless the person is treated promptly with antibiotics.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

In otherwise healthy adults, the symptoms can be mild. Normally, no [[sepsis]] occurs, but it can occur exceptionally as a complication in the [[immunocompromised]]. However, in people at risk such as infants, small children, and the elderly, ''Salmonella'' infections can become very serious, leading to complications. In infants, [[dehydration]] can cause a state of severe [[toxicity]]. Extraintestinal localizations are possible, especially ''Salmonella'' meningitis in children, [[osteitis]], etc. Children with [[Sickle-cell disease|sickle-cell anemia]] who are infected with ''Salmonella'' may develop [[osteomyelitis]]. Treatment of osteomyelitis, in this case, will be to use [[fluoroquinolones]] ([[ciprofloxacin]], [[levofloxacin]], etc., and [[nalidixic acid]]).{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Those whose only symptom is diarrhea usually completely recover, but their bowel habits may not return to normal for several months.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/general/|publisher=US Center of Disease Control and Prevention|title=What is Salmonellosis?|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331162352/http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/general/|archive-date=2014-03-31|date=2019-02-08}}</ref>