title: [A Salmonella epidemic by Salmonella subspecies II 4,12,12,27:b:- at the University Hospital of Tübingen in April 1996].
abstract: In April 1996 four patients at the University Hospital of Tübingen became ill with diarrhoea at short intervals; one of the patients also suffered from fever. From stool samples of all four patients Salmonella subspecies II 4,12,27:b:- was isolated; from the patient who had fever the pathogen was also isolated from one blood culture. The patients were treated at different wards of the hospital. All four patients suffered from underlying diseases. In the course of a microbiological examination of the central kitchen staff of the hospital Salmonella subspecies II 4,12,27:b:- was isolated from a stool sample of one of the employees. No contact to cold blooded animals, no travel abroad and no symptoms of gastroenteritis were reported by the employee. When the employee had been temporarily suspended no further Salmonella infections occurred.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Universität Tübingen.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Offenhäuser
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Heeg
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eiring
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005521:Food Service, Hospital; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D012475:Salmonella / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission
vernacular_title: Salmonellenepidemie durch Salmonella subspecies II 4,12,27:b:- am Universitätsklinikum Tübingen im April 1996.