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an outbreak of salmonellosis following consumption of monkey meat.an outbreak of salmonellosis due to consumption of monkey meat is reported among nine patients of whom one died. s. enteritidis phage type 8 was cultured from the stools of four patients. the spread of salmonellosis due to the consumption of monkey meat has not been reported before.19921495128
a mycological and bacteriological survey on feed ingredients and mixed poultry feeds in reunion island.a survey was carried out in reunion island to obtain data on the occurrence of fungi, aflatoxigenic strains of aspergillus flavus, aflatoxins, total aerobic bacteria and salmonellae of 150 samples of mixed poultry feeds and raw materials. these were collected at five farms over a 3-month period during the warm rainy season. white corn and braizlian soybean meal seemed to present a better microbiological quality than yellow corn and us soybean meal. mixed poultry feeds presented a high total mold ...19902112690
microbiological agents associated with childhood diarrhoea in the dry zone of sri lanka.between march and july, 1987, faecal specimens from 371 diarrhoeal children reporting to four hospitals in the district of kurunegala, sri lanka and from 121 controls with other diseases were investigated for enteric pathogens. all specimens were tested for shigella spp, salmonella spp and enteropathogenic escherichia coli (epec). in addition, parasitic pathogens, heat labile enterotoxigenic escherichia coli (etec lt), campylobacter and rotavirus were sought among subsamples of the cases and con ...19902187225
salmonella and shigella carriers among refugees from the middle east and sri lanka in denmark.one per cent of ten thousand refugees were asymptomatic carriers of salmonella and shigella species found by a differentiated health check programme at a danish red cross arrival centre in denmark 1985 and 1986. six patients with typhoid fever and one with s. parathyphi-a septicaemia all fell ill within the first few weeks after arrival. a child of a chronic s. typhi carrier developed typhoid fever four months after arrival. cases of sporadic and mild diarrhoea occurred due to salmonella and shi ...19902237324
human salmonella and shigella infections in moroni, the capital of great comoro island (1987-1988).over a period of two years 98 cultures of salmonella and 17 cultures of shigella were isolated at the el maarouf hospital, moroni, capital of the comoros. almost half of the isolates were from children under 5 years. salmonella belonged to a limited range of serotypes, s. typhi dominating in adults and s. enteritidis in children, often with bacteraemia. antibiotic resistance was virtually absent in salmonella and without clinical significance in shigella. the high isolation rate of s. enteritidi ...19902291695
[pathogenic bacteria encountered in nutritional disorders]. 19892517391
[sampling of urban waste waters in tananarive. physical, bacteriological and virological analysis].after collecting some waters of tananarive and surroundings in 1975, 1976, 1977, we researched at once enteroviruses, salmonellas and pseudomonas. the results indicated the presence of these agents, often concomitant, in the water samples. an epidemiological study of these microorganisms in waters and some diseases at the same time would be interesting... we hope these researches will begin again soon between strasbourg and tananarive.19852992829
[the aerobic intestinal flora of the microchiropteran bat chaerephon pumila in madagascar].from stools of 88 malagasy insect eater bats chaerephon pumila, a large amount of bacterial strains were isolated. twenty different species were recognized, most of them belonged to enterobacteriaceae family. eight strains were identified as salmonella enterica subsp. enterica o48: -; 1.5, despite many atypical characters. strains of salmonella enteritidis, koserella trabulsii, kluyvera sp., odc negative serratia marcescens, atypical hafnia alvei... were also identified.19883240566
[absence of the antigen h:z66 in 2355 strains of salmonella typhi from madagascar and several countries of tropical africa].the presence of the new flagellar antigen h:z66 (guinée, 1981) was investigated among 2,355 strains of s. typhi isolated from 1981 to 1985 in madagascar and some countries of tropical africa: burundi, ivory coast, gabon, mauritania, central african republic, rwanda, senegal, zaïre. a method based on the immobilization of motile strains in soft agar with immunserum anti-h:d, was used to detect strains carrying antigen h:z66. no african and malagazy strains had antigen h:z66, irrespective to their ...19863698151
[the pathogenic enterobacteria of pteropus rufus (megachiroptera) in madagascar]. 19714261949
salmonellas, shigellas and enteropathogenic escherichia coli in uncooked food. 19694893606
[role of animals and birds as sources of salmonella infections in man (literature review)]. 19704927791
[a new reservoir of viruses of enterobacteriaceae pathogenic to humans: the megachiroptera pteropus rufus geoffroy, in madagascar]. 19704987005
a comparative trial of furazolidone and chloramphenicol in typhoid and paratyphoid fever. 19704995053
[3 new salmonella serotypes isolated in africa]. 19715088167
[are frugivorous bats pteropus rufus geoffroy reservoirs of viruses for salmonella typhi in madagascar?]. 19705537745
[the disclosure of the infection sources in 2 outbreaks of abdominal typhus]. 19685741521
a salmonella epidemic in a small ship. 19676046982
report of the bacteriological findings following an epidemic of salmonella enteritidis in a small ship. 19676046983
simultaneous isolation of salmonella stanley and s. oranienburg from an outbreak of food poisoning at maldives island. 19836618534
[particularities of certain malagasy stock bacteria]. 19806786229
[bovine ticks and bacteria pathogenic for man in madagascar]. 19807016058
[evolution of salmonella typhi lysotypes in madagascar from 1970 to 1979. appearance of lysotype t]. 19817342900
chloramphenicol resistant salmonella typhi in trincomalee. 19937828244
ileal perforation in typhoid: bacteriological and immunological findings.in typhoid perforation patients, salmonella typhi was isolated from blood in 4%, ileal contents in 23%, peritoneal pus in 13% and from mesenteric lymph nodes in 71%. while isolation of s. typhi was made from patients with less than 4 days of chloramphenicol therapy, cultures were negative from these sites after 5 days of therapy; however, s. typhi appeared to remain viable in the lymph nodes even after such therapy. all isolates of s. typhi were sensitive to chloramphenicol. significant sat tite ...19938362285
[calcified splenic abscess, colonic fistula and ascites in a chronic carrier of salmonella typhi].we report the unusual case of a patient with chronic carriage of salmonella typhi who presented with partially calcified splenic abscess linked to colic fistula and ascitis. the colic fistula could be secondary to ischemic necrosis by left colon compression due to spleen large abscess. fistula was evidenced by abdominal computed tomography scan and confirmed by barium enema. the possible etiologies of ascitis are either tuberculosis or ascitic peritonitis secondary to the fistulisation; neverthe ...199810051988
serotyping and rapd profiles of salmonella enterica isolates from mauritius.the genus salmonella is a common agent of gastroenteritis in mauritius, generating more cases of the disease during summer than during winter. the aims of this study were to assess the genetic diversity of isolates of salmonella enterica by rapd fingerprinting, and to establish the relationship between human and chicken isolates.200212100591
[street-vendor foods: quality of ice creams, sherbets and sorbets sold in the urban agglomeration of antananarivo].a survey of selling conditions and bacteriological examinations of ice-cream was carried-out in antananarivo from june 1996 to may 1997. the way of investigation by vendors and of bacteriological examinations were widely described. sellers had classic features of a street-vended food vendor: uneducated, no having professional training and mishandling foodstuffs. 202 samples of ice-cream were collected. the contamination prevalence rate was of 95% +/- 3.7%. salmonella typhimurium was isolated fro ...199612463022
salmonella in desiccated coconut. 196314047070
an improved method of isolating salmonellae from contaminated desiccated coconut.a report is given on results obtained in the examination of desiccated coconut from ceylon and the philippines using two or three media in parallel, the aim being to investigate the efficacy of the enrichment medium introduced by rappaport, konforti, and navon (1956). although the claims of rappaport et al. related only to examination of faeces the rappaport enrichment medium has been found to give higher recovery rates of salmonella from desiccated coconut than the selenite and tetrathionate me ...196414100009
effect of different probiotics against a lethal dose of salmonella challenge in broiler chickens. 200415222365
enteric fever caused by salmonella isolates with decreased susceptibility to ciprofloxacin.with emerging drug resistance, ciprofloxacin became the frontline antibiotic against salmonella strains causing enteric fevers worldwide. however, strains with decreased susceptibility to flouroquinolones have recently emerged as a problem in our region. such strains are not detected by the routine disc diffusion method unless a nalidixic acid disc is also used. they are, however, important clinically since they show poor clinical responses and have higher faecal carriage rates following treatme ...200415693457
epidemiology of typhoid fever in mauritius.the epidemiology of typhoid fever in mauritius was studied to determine whether there was any need for tourists visiting mauritius to be vaccinated against the disease, and where mauritians with typhoid fever had been infected. data on antibiotic susceptibility of salmonella typhi isolates from mauritius were also analyzed.200516256051
screening for anti-infective properties of several medicinal plants of the mauritians flora.several plants of the mauritian flora alleged to possess anti-infective properties were studied against different strains of pathogenic bacteria and fungi. the grounded dried plant materials were extracted with different extractants and screened for anti-microbial activity using the disk diffusion and the micro-dilution techniques. preliminary screening revealed that the methanol extracts were most active. salmonella enteritidis, enterobacter cloacae and bacillus subtilis were the three test org ...200717011733
transformation of spent broiler litter from exogenous matter to compost in a sub-tropical context.composting, an environmentally-sound treatment option for confined animal feeding operations (cafo)-derived wastes, provides opportunities for stabilisation and hygienisation. a 110-day systematic composting study investigated salmonella presence and survival of total coliforms, faecal coliforms, escherichia coli and faecal enterococci in three experimental windrows consisting of sbl/bagasse mixture in a close-sided roofed facility. salmonella was absent throughout the experiment. log(10) reduct ...200817267211
prevalence of salmonella in marketed penaeus monodon shrimps in north western province, sri lanka.the examination of a total of 180 samples from both captured and cultured shrimps from sri lanka for the presence of salmonella revealed an overall prevalence of 12.8%. the prevalence of salmonella in captured shrimps and cultured shrimps was 14.4% and 11.1% respectively, but thedifference was not statistically significant (p = 0.66). the serovar most frequently isolated was s. newport (47.8% of the isolates), followed by s. weltevreden (8.7%).200819086691
salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium in mauritius linked to consumption of marlin mousse.we report the first outbreak of salmonellosis caused by consumption of contaminated marlin mousse. between 29 october and 5 november 2008, at least 53 persons developed diarrheal illness, all with a history of eating marlin mousse. salmonella spp. that did not produce gas from glucose was isolated from stools of 26 affected patients and blood culture from one patient. salmonella sp. isolates with the same phenotype were isolated in three samples of marlin mousse manufactured on 27 october 2008. ...200919580452
typhoid fever as a cause of opportunistic infection: case report.typhoid fever is a systemic infection caused by the bacterium salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serotype typhi, which is acquired by ingestion of contaminated food and water. each year the disease affects at least 16 million persons world-wide, most of whom reside in the developing countries of southeast asia and africa. in italy the disease is uncommon with a greater number of cases in southern regions than in northern ones.200616504150
investigations into the contamination of ceylon desiccated coconut. 19695261213
[search for new salmonella typhi phage types among the numerous non-phagetypable positive vi strains (groups i + iv) of the indochinese peninsula (author's transl)]. 19751231400
[salmonellae isolated in madagascar until 1977]. 1978747447
[26 serotypes of salmonellae new for madagascar, isolated from various animal species]. 1978747446
[thyphoid fever in tananarive (madagascar): a review of 20o cases (author's transl)].a clinical and biological study of 200 cases in tananarive. the conventional clinical form is still frequent because patients have no immunity and report too late to the hospital. the main complications concern the heart and the digestive tract. hemoculture is the main clue for the diagnosis. biochemical and specially enzymatic unconventional data whichs have been recently reported are frequently observed. no resistance to chloramphenicol has yet been detected in tananarive.1979537487
salmonella in fattening pigs in reunion island: herd prevalence and risk factors for infection.our objective was to identify the risk factors for salmonella infection in fattening pigs in reunion island. sixty pig farms were studied from april to august 2008 on the whole island. a questionnaire was submitted to the farmers, and samples of fresh faeces and gauze socks were taken to assess the salmonella status of each herd. 40% of the herds tested positive for salmonella spp. the most prevalent serovars were s. typhimurium and s. derby. the risk of salmonella infection for the fattening pi ...201020615564
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