Salmonellosis in children: clinical and epidemiological study during one year

Abstract

We have done a clinical and epidemiological study about Salmonella infection (SI) for one year. We have seen a high morbidity in our environment. The Salmonella was the most usual bacterial etiology in the acute diarrhoea. There were more cases in summer but there were patients during all the year. The fever was the most significant symptom at the arriving in hospital (p<0,01). There were more patients with low heigth (p<10) in the control group of diarrhoea without enteropathogenic germs (DWEG) (p <0,025). We did not see special incidence of anaemia or leukopenia. We found hyponatremia more often in the group the SI (P<0,05) and blood urea > 40 mg% was more frequent in control group (DWEG) (p <0,025). Salmonella enteritidis was the most frequently found type. The average stay was significantly