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The microbiological and epidemiological properties of infections caused by Salmonella enteritidis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Wolf Szmuness ,
Jadwiga Sikorska ,
Elzbieta Szymanek ,
Lucja Mikosz  and
Aleksandra Cechowicz
Wolf Szmuness
Affiliation:
From the Sanitary-Epidemiological Station in Lublin, Poland
Jadwiga Sikorska
Affiliation:
From the Sanitary-Epidemiological Station in Lublin, Poland
Elzbieta Szymanek
Affiliation:
From the Sanitary-Epidemiological Station in Lublin, Poland
Lucja Mikosz
Affiliation:
From the Sanitary-Epidemiological Station in Lublin, Poland
Aleksandra Cechowicz
Affiliation:
From the Sanitary-Epidemiological Station in Lublin, Poland
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During 9 months the author observed 309 cases of infection with Salmonella enteritidis, of which 88% were hospital infections in six childrens' wards of three different hospitals. The foci were connected epidemiologically. In 97·7% of those examined, the bacteria were detected in faeces, in 68% in urine and in 27·5% in the upper respiratory tract. Bacteraemia was found in 17·2%. The bacteria were also detected in two air-samples and in two swabs from linen and furniture. All isolated strains were highly resistant to antibiotics and to drying, but sensitive to the action of chloramine. In infected patients with parenteral localization of bacteria, the agglutination test with specific gm antigen was positive in 80% of cases. Many patients were persistent carriers for 5–10 months. In adults a short faecal carrier state was usually observed. The epidemic spread by contact, though in some cases it was probably air-borne. Such epidemics are very difficult to bring to an end.

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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 64 , Issue 1 , March 1966 , pp. 9 - 21
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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