title: Systemic infections in three infants due to a lactose-fermenting strain of Salmonella virchow.
abstract: Three previously healthy children developed gastroenteritis which led within a few days to systemic infections, two cases of bacteremia and one of meningitis. A lactose-fermenting Salmonella virchow strain was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid and blood cultures. In one case, this strain was also isolated from stool cultures. All the children had been fed the same milk formula. There was no other relationship between them. The batch of dried-milk formula was confirmed as the source of the infection by isolation of an identical lactose-fermenting Salmonella virchow strain by the Centro Nacional de Alimentación.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Núñez
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sempere
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gómez
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food / Q000382:microbiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents