An Experience with Drug-Resistant Non-Typhoidal Salmonellosis in the Al-Fatah Children’s Hospital in Benghazi

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A. Abudejaja 1, M.J. Akhtar 3, Ratan Singh 1, Durdana N. Hasan 2, Fazal-E-Amin 2, Param Jeet Kaur 1, M. Aman Ullan Khan 1, E.M. Abdulla 3

1-Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Garyounis, Benghazi, S.P.L.A.J. 2-Al Fatah Children’s HospitaL Benghazi, S.P.L.A .J. 3-Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Garyounis, Benghazi, S.P.L.A.J.

Garyounis Medical Journal Vol 5, No.2. July 1982: 51-64

Abstract

Cases of salmonellosis diagnosed on admission and during resultant prolonged nosocomial transmission have been observed since 1977 at the Al-Fatah Children’s hospital in Benghazi. By late 1980, a total of 150 bacteriologically confirmed cases occurred with 36 deaths. Salmonella muenchen was the major isolate (80.7%) from faecal and at times blood specimens, while S. bovismorbificans and S. senftenberg were occasionally identified. The S. muenchen serotype encountered was highly resistant to antibiotics and sensitive only to gentarnicin and colistin sulfate. The incidence of the outbreak per 1000 discharges increased from 0.99 in 1977 to 16.26 in 1980. Case fatality was higher for males and when associated with prematurity, septicemia

Keywords: An Experience with Drug-Resistant Non-Typhoidal Salmonellosis in the Al-Fatah Children’s Hospital in Benghazi

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