Salmonella bacteraemia in England and Wales, 1981-1990.
OBJECTIVE
To report the incidence of nontyphoidal salmonellas in England and Wales and identified in the Division of Enteric Pathogens, London between 1981 and 1990.


METHODS
Strains were serotyped and phage typed for Salmonella typhimurium, S enteritidis, and S virchow, using established methods.


RESULTS
Overall, less than 2% of nontyphoidal salmonellas isolated from humans were from blood culture. The highest numbers of bloodstream isolates were from infections caused by S enteritidis and S typhimurium, but the highest incidence of septicaemias was attributable to infections with S cholerae-suis, S dublin, and S virchow. 2.2% of S typhimurium isolates phage type 204C were from blood culture; likewise, 5.5% of S virchow phage type 19. This could be a cause for concern as most isolates of both these phage types are multiresistant to antimicrobial drugs.


CONCLUSIONS
Salmonella septicaemia is rare in England and Wales in other than a few serotypes of limited epidemiological importance.
Threlfall
E J
EJ
Division of Enteric Pathogens, Central Public Health Laboratory, London.
Hall
M L
ML
Rowe
B
B
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology