Abstract
Salmonellosis is become an increasing public health problem in many countries. Serotyping and assessment of antibiotic resistance are useful tools, which assist in understanding the epidemiology of Salmonella infections. In this respect, the Centre of Enterobacteriaceae of Southern Italy provides helpful information on the changing pattern of Salmonella serovars in this geographic area.
This paper reports the distribution of serovars and their antibiotic susceptibility in the years 1983–1987. In particular, because of their peculiar trends during this 5-year period, epidemiological features of Mbandaka, Corvallis, Dublin, Infantis and Wien serovars are described.
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Nastasi, A., Massenti, M.F., Mammina, C. et al. Salmonella serovars identified at the centre for enterobacteriaceae of palermo over the 5-year period 1983-87. Eur J Epidemiol 6, 212–218 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00145796
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