Distribution and typing in salmonellosis in children 1978-1983 [1978-1983 yillari arasinda cocuklarda görülen salmonellozislerin dagilimi ve tiplendirilmesi.]
Özet
329 infants with salmonellosis were evaluated in Pediatric and Microbiology Department of Anadolu University Teaching and Training Hospital. It was established 127 (38.6%) S. typhimurium, 42 (12.8%) S. typhosa and 6 (1.8%) S. paratyphi A and B in our series. Besides these serotypes, 154 (46.8%) patients could not be typed. S. typhimurium was importantly noticed than other types (p less than 0.001) and this feature makes the distribution of typing of salmonellosis in children as characteristic. This infection was encountered especially between December (8.5%), it made peak in January (20.3%) and April (9.73%) period. Then, between April-December, this infections was established quite lower (p less than 0.001). This distribution is specific for Eskişehir district, and it was gradually decreased year by year (p less than 0.05).
