Multistate salmonella outbreak linked to egg recall sickens dozens: CDC

What is salmonella?

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As per the CDC, salmonella is a group of bacteria that can cause gastrointestinal illness and fever called Salmonellosis.

The majority of people infected with salmonella experience diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps.

Symptoms usually start six hours to six days after swallowing the bacteria, and most people recover without treatment after four to seven days.

Some people – especially children younger than five, adults 65 and older, and people with weakened immune systems – may experience more severe illnesses that require medical treatment or hospitalization.

Severe symptoms include diarrhea and a fever higher than 102°F, diarrhea for more than three days that is not improving, bloody diarrhea, so much vomiting that you cannot keep liquids down, signs of dehydration such as not peeing much, dry mouth and throat, and feeling dizzy when standing up.