A 3-year retrospective review of 132 patients with Salmonella enterocolitis admitted to a regional infectious diseases unit.
Over a 3-year-period, 132 patients were admitted to the Infectious Diseases Unit, Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow, with non-typhoidal salmonellae enterocolitis. Salmonella enteritidis and typhimurium were isolated from 67% of admissions. Of all patients, 11% had recently travelled overseas, 12% were hypochlorhydric and 3.8% were bacteraemic. Salmonella typhimurium infection was associated with a younger age group, a more pronounced leucocytosis and an earlier and less marked summer peak than S. enteritidis.
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Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Brownlee Centre, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, U.K.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004760:Enterocolitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000302:isolation & purification