[Cross infection due to Salmonella Thompson in a pediatric clinical department].
The Authors have carried out a programmed bacteriological investigation for the detection of Salmonella in 4 Clinical Departments for Children in the Arcispedale S. Anna of Ferrara. The researches, carried out for 7 months on a total of 2161 samples (mainly rectal swabs) have allowed to detect and study, in one Paediatric Department, a "hospital acquired cross-infection" by S. thompson, spreading in the environment and amongst the sanitary assistance staff. The percentage of positivity ranged, in the 4 Departments, from a minimum of 1,05 to a maximum of 5,56 and confirmed the endemic diffusion of Salmonella in the province of Ferrara. The Authors think it highly advisable to carry out systematic researches amongst the patients and the assistance staff in order to avoid "hospital acquired cross-infections" by Salmonella, and the dangerous condition of "chronic carrier".
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000209:etiology
Infezione crociata da "Salmonella Thompson" in ambiente nosocomiale pediatrico