title: Salmonella mbandaka isolated in Italy. 1979-1986.
abstract: A total of 350 strains of Salmonella mbandaka were isolated in Italy during the period 1979 to 1986. S. mbandaka was a rare serotype in Italy. It was first isolated from water in 1979. Since that year the number of isolates has increased: 1980 (3), 1981 (21), 1982 (21), 1983 (24), 1984 (54), 1985 (108), 1986 (118). 67.1% of the strains were isolated from humans, 14.6% from food, 15.1% from water and 2.9% from animals. Frozen eggs and egg-based products were the most frequently contaminated foods. Of the forty-six strains tested for drug resistance, two were multiresistant to gentamicin, nalidixic acid and nitrofurantoin and to chloramphenicol, kanamycin, tetracycline and tobramycin, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Centro Nazionale Enterobatteri Patogeni, Laboratorio di Batteriologia e Micologia Medica, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fantasia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pontello
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Filetici
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aureli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004531:Eggs; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005618:Fresh Water; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D011200:Poultry; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D012475:Salmonella / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000382:microbiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology