[Salmonellosis in a maternity-children's hospital in Barcelona over a 10-year period (1992-2001)]

An Pediatr (Barc). 2005 Nov;63(5):403-8. doi: 10.1157/13080404.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Background: We performed a retrospective study of Salmonella spp. strains, as well as of serotypes and resistance to antimicrobial agents that could be useful in salmonellosis requiring antibiotic treatment.

Material and methods: All Salmonella strains isolated in a maternity-children's hospital in Barcelona (Spain) during a 10-year period (1992-2001) were serotyped. The susceptibility of the strains isolated from 1994 to ampicillin, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, chloramphenicol, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and cefotaxime was analyzed. Ciprofloxacin substituted chloramphenicol in the analysis of strains isolated during the last 2 years of the study period.

Results and discussion: A total of 860 isolates from 31 distinct serotypes were analyzed. The most frequent serotypes were S. enteritidis (48.7 %), S. typhimurium (33.4 %), S. virchow (5 %), S. hadar (1.8 %) and S. typhi (1.5 %). We found a high percentage of strains resistant to ampicillin (44.6 % in 2001) and chloramphenicol (28.7 % in 1999) and a lower percentage of strains resistant to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (2.2 % and 6.5 % respectively, among the strains isolated in 2001). Only one cefotaxime-resistant strain was found, and all isolates were susceptible to ciprofloxacin. Our results provide useful epidemiological information for the control of these infections, which remain a serious public health problem all over the world.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Hospitals, Maternity*
  • Hospitals, Pediatric*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Prevalence
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Salmonella Infections / drug therapy
  • Salmonella Infections / epidemiology*
  • Salmonella Infections / microbiology
  • Serotyping / methods
  • Spain / epidemiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents