[A 3-year evaluation of systematic research on Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter and Yersinia at a Montpellier hospital].
This work aims at assessing the prevalence of four bacterial genus that are the most frequently involved in infectious diarrhoea, among patients usually kept apart from this type of pathology (there is not a department of Digestive Tract Diseases, of Infectious Diseases, of Pediatry). Among 3.626 stools received in our laboratory from 1.163 patients, 12 strains of Campylobacter, 11 strains of Salmonella and only one strain of Yersinia were isolated. No strain of Shigella was found. Of the 12 strains of Campylobacter, 6 were found in patients in the department of Hematology. The effect of Campylobacter upon immunocompromised hosts and/or during decontamination of the digestive tract is discussed. Of the 11 strains of Salmonella that were isolated, we didn't notice any actual predominance of one of the species. Finally the scarcity of Yersinia in spite of twofold patterns of enriching is commented upon.
Jean-Pierre
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Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France.
Darbas
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Boyer
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Roussenq-Jean
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012760:Shigella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015007:Yersinia / Q000302:isolation & purification*
Bilan de trois années de recherche systématique de Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter et Yersinia dans un hôpital montpelliérain.