TY - JOUR
T1 - Salmonella enterica serovar senftenberg infection in the neonatal intensive care unit
AU - Chaudhry, R.
AU - Sharma, N.
AU - Bhushan, S.
AU - Paul, V. K.
AU - Chandel, D. S.
AU - Mishra, B.
AU - Singh, M.
AU - Panigrahi, P.
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge the help of Dr. Geeta Mehta for conformation of Salmonella sp. from Lady Harding Medical College, New Delhi. This study was funded in part by a grant from Dept. of Biotechnology (BT/R&D/9lll/94) Delhi, India and NIH Æogarty (1 RO 3 T\ry00601), U.S.A.
Publisher Copyright:
© 1998, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia. All rights reserved.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Salmonella senftenberg (Group E Salmonella) was first isolated in India in 1963. It became a serovar of concern after 1985 when it caused outbreak in paediatric wards and neonates in India. This study shows gut colonisation of preterm neonates by group E Salmonella sp in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at AIIMS, N. Delhi. A total of 58 preterm babies admitted to the NICU were examined for microbial flora in stool samples on day 3rd, 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th. Organisms were identified by methods based on culture, conventional biochemical and rapid identification kits (BioMerieux). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique for detecting flagellin gene for all Salmonella sp using previously standardised primers detect presence o/Salmonella sp in stool. Five (8.6%) out of 58 babies grew group E Salmonella sp and were also PCR positive. These were further identified as S. senftenberg having antibiotic resistant profile AGKT (Ampicillin, Gentamicin, Kanamycin & Tetracyclin). S. senftenberg could not be identified in any sample from the environment, medical and paramedical staff.
AB - Salmonella senftenberg (Group E Salmonella) was first isolated in India in 1963. It became a serovar of concern after 1985 when it caused outbreak in paediatric wards and neonates in India. This study shows gut colonisation of preterm neonates by group E Salmonella sp in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at AIIMS, N. Delhi. A total of 58 preterm babies admitted to the NICU were examined for microbial flora in stool samples on day 3rd, 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th. Organisms were identified by methods based on culture, conventional biochemical and rapid identification kits (BioMerieux). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique for detecting flagellin gene for all Salmonella sp using previously standardised primers detect presence o/Salmonella sp in stool. Five (8.6%) out of 58 babies grew group E Salmonella sp and were also PCR positive. These were further identified as S. senftenberg having antibiotic resistant profile AGKT (Ampicillin, Gentamicin, Kanamycin & Tetracyclin). S. senftenberg could not be identified in any sample from the environment, medical and paramedical staff.
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U2 - 10.13181/mji.v7iSupp1.1122
DO - 10.13181/mji.v7iSupp1.1122
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85008689726
SN - 0853-1773
VL - 7
SP - 227
EP - 231
JO - Medical Journal of Indonesia
JF - Medical Journal of Indonesia
ER -