title: Control of a non-foodborne outbreak of salmonellosis: day care in isolation.
abstract: We report an outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium in the infant room of a day care center. Time between onset dates, clustering of cases in the room, lack of a common food exposure, lack of illness among other children and staff, and lack of community-wide infection suggested person-to-person or continuing-common-source transmission. Successful preventive measures included instruction of personnel in proper handwashing and diaper-changing procedures and cohorting of infected and non-infected children. This is the second description of a non-foodborne outbreak of salmonellosis in a day care center, and the first involving S. typhimurium.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Chorba
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Meriwether
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Gunn
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: MacCormack
mesh_terms: D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009657:North Carolina; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000302:isolation & purification