Epidemeology and Serology of Typhoid Fever Including Survey on Salmonella in Korea.

摘要

Blood was cultured from 584 patients in Taegu city during period May 1974-April 1975. One hundred and ninty-six strains of Salmonella typhi and three of S. paratyphi was isolated. Organisms were isolated even in winter. During the same period, 9 strains of Salmonella and 7 of Shigella were isolated from 3,795 rectal swabs of workers associated with food services. SS broth for enteric pathogens in stools yielded better results than direct culture on eosine methylene blud agar and selenite enrichment. Most strains of S. typhi were highly susceptible to ampicillin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, susceptible to chloramphenicol, tetracycline, nalidixic acid and kanamycin, slightly resistant to streptomycin and sulfisomidine. Some strains were highly resistant to chloramphenicol, tetracycline, streptomycin, sulfisomidine. Plasmidemdiated resistance in S. typhi is under study. (Author)