Presentación de salmonelosis en el partido de Tandil, Argentina / [Presentation of salmonellosis in the Tandil district, Argentina]

ABSTRACT

From January 1990 to July 1992 a prospective study on the salmonellosis form of presentation, reservoirs and transmission in Tandil was carried out. Forty strains of Salmonella enterica were isolated with the following distribution 28 humans (17 children and 11 adults), 6 in foods (1 in raw milk, 3 in well water, 1 in home made mayonnaise and 1 in chicken salad) and 6 in animals (1 in cow, 2 in chicken and 2 in calves). Salmonella Enteritidis was the most frequent isolate. Disease was evident only in a few susceptible hosts and the epidemiological chain could not be determined in all the cases.