title: Salmonella enteritidis in Italy.
abstract: During the period 1982-1992 the percentages of Salmonella enteritidis isolations in Italy have increased from 2.4 to 57.1% from human beings and from 0.5 to 22.8% from food. Seven hundred and fifty-seven isolates, 702 from man and 55 from food, were characterized. Phage type 4 accounted for the 76.8% of these isolates. The majority of strains were sensitive to the antibiotics tested; only 18 (2.4%) showed resistance to three or more antibiotics by nine different patterns.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fantasia
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Filetici
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D002645:Chickens; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004531:Eggs / Q000382:microbiology; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents