Salmonella Typhirium phage type 170 in a tertiary paediatric hospital with person-to-person transmission implicated
Alam, Noore; Armstrong, Paul K; Nguyen, Oanh T K; Kesson, Alison M; Cripps, Terri M; Corbett, Stephen J
Description
Nosocomially-acquired salmonellosis is uncommonly reported in Australia. We report a cluster of gastroenteritis caused by Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 170 (STm 170) centred on a tertiary paediatric hospital in Sydney, New South Wales from 8 to 19 May 2004. A total of 12 children had STm 170 isolated from faecal specimens. Of the 12 cases, seven were acquired in hospital and five in the community. The mean age of the cases was 4.1 years (range: 2 months to 11.2 years). We conducted a case...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2005 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/82669 |
Source: | Communicable Diseases Intelligence |
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