Salmonella Serotyping Isolated from Patients who Were Referred to Clinical Centers in Hamadan City (1993 - 1997)
In order to survey epidemiological characteristics of Salmonellosis in Hamadan city , a cross - sectional study was made on patients with positive cultures of Salmonella species. A total of 318 Salmonella species was collected from eight medical cen...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fas |
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Hamadan University of Medical Sciences
1999-12-01
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| Series: | پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا |
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| Online Access: | http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-997-en.html |
| Summary: | In order to survey epidemiological characteristics of Salmonellosis in
Hamadan city , a cross - sectional study was made on patients with positive
cultures of Salmonella species.
A total of 318 Salmonella species was collected from eight medical
centers from Feb 1993 to May 1997. Different serotypes were identified in
microbiology laboratory of the School of Medicine. The data including
age, and sex, etc. were gathered through a questionnaire and analyzed
using ‘’Epi6’’ system.
Of 318 Salmonella species isolated , the most frequent serotypes were S.
typhi 44.4% followed by S. typhimurium 18.6% . The frequency of other
serotypes were as follows :
S. para B 8.4%, S. para C 6.9% , S. enteritidis 4.8% , S. para A 4.4% , S. species
4.1% , S. choleraesuis 2.8%, S. agona 2.2% , S. arizona 1.9% , S. infantis 0.6% , S.
havana , S. lexington and S. virchow each 0.3%. The highest rate of isolation
was from blood culture (54.7%) and the lowest rate was from CSF and
pleural fluid culture (0.3%).
The results showed that the predominant serotypes were S. typhi followed
by S. typhimurium in Hamadan city. There was significant relation between
sex and age groups of the typhoidal and non - typhoidal patients. |
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| ISSN: | 2588-722X 2588-7238 |