title: Nosocomial salmonellosis: implications for microbiologic processing of stools in hospitalized patients.
abstract: Many microbiology laboratories are rationalizing their services and are not culturing stool for bacterial and parasitic pathogens from patients hospitalized for more than 3 days. We report a sporadic case of nosocomial salmonellosis that highlights the need for ongoing communication among clinicians, infection control personnel, and laboratories to allow for modification of such a routine laboratory protocol should epidemiologic evidence warrant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matlow
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Streitenberger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007076:Iguanas / Q000382:microbiology; D007223:Infant; D017053:Infection Control; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D015047:Zoonoses