Open AccessGroup foodborne salmonellosis infection in adults
Author(s) -
M. V. Stanovskaya,
M. M. Farkhetdinov
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj80792
Subject(s) - subclinical infection , incubation period , medicine , incubation , disease , biology , biochemistry
We observed a group nosocomial disease of salmonellosis caused by S. typhimurium. The source was a cook with a subclinical form of this infection. 18 adults fell ill 13 patients from one department, 4 employees of the same department and a cook of the food block. The first cases of the disease appeared 4 hours after lunch, the subsequent ones - after 30 hours. In 14 patients, the incubation period ranged from 4 to 12 hours, in the rest the incubation period could not be established.