| bacteriological quality assessment of fresh marketed lettuce and fennel. | one-hundred and twenty samples of lettuce and 89 samples of fennel purchased from five retail outlets in the city of bari (italy) from october 1973 through september 1975 were examined for viable aerobic bacteria (ab), total coliforms (tc), fecal coliforms (fc), fecal streptococci (fs), and salmonellae. comparative tests indicated that the results of bacteriological analysis of wash water from either vegetable by a membrane filter technique compared favorably with those of conventional cultural ... | 1976 | 820256 |
| [on finding of 2 rare salmonella species in puglia]. | | 1972 | 4650008 |
| [epidemiological studies of enteritogenic infections in the city of bari. 3. identification of the healthy carriers of salmonella in a group of persons handling foodstuffs]. | | 1970 | 5003591 |
| vibrio parahaemolyticus, vibrio vulnificus and microorganisms of fecal origin in mussels (mytilus galloprovincialis) sold in the puglia region (italy). | mytilus galloprovincialis is one of the most commonly consumed of all bivalve molluscs. the consumption of raw bivalve molluscs has caused outbreaks of food poisoning due to vibrio parahaemolyticus and vibrio vulnificus. this paper reports the results of a survey on the presence of v. parahaemolyticus, v. vulnificus fecal coliform bacteria, escherichia coli and salmonella spp. in 600 m. galloprovincialis samples collected from retail outlets in the puglia region. v. parahaemolyticus and v. vulni ... | 2006 | 16226820 |
| environmental monitoring and analysis of faecal contamination in an urban setting in the city of bari (apulia region, italy): health and hygiene implications. | few studies have been conducted in italy to quantify the potential risk associated with dynamics and distribution of pathogens in urban settings. the aim of this study was to acquire data on the environmental faecal contamination in urban ecosystems, by assessing the presence of pathogens in public areas in the city of bari (apulia region, italy). to determine the degree of environmental contamination, samples of dog faeces and bird guano were collected from different areas in the city of bari ( ... | 2010 | 21139871 |
| molecular relationship among salmonella dublin isolates identified at the center for enterobacteriaceae of palermo during the years 1971-85. | a molecular epidemiological study was carried out on 60 salmonella dublin isolates identified at the southern italy enterobacteriaceae center between 1971 and 1985. these included 23 isolates from children with diarrhoea in palermo obtained during 1984. all isolates from the outbreak of gastroenteritis in children were resistant to chloramphenicol and streptomycin and harboured two plasmids of 50 mda and 3 mda molecular weight, whereas the majority of the isolates identified before 1984 were sus ... | 1987 | 3678393 |
| market survey of vibrio spp. and other microrganisms in italian shellfish. | a survey was conducted of vibrio spp., escherichia coli, fecal coliforms, and salmonella in 644 molluscan shellfish samples marketed in the apulia region of southern italy. vibrios were found in 278 samples (43%), and levels of e. coli and fecal coliforms were above the italian legal limit in 27 and 34 samples (4 and 5%), respectively. salmonella was not detected in any of the samples. because the majority of the vibrio isolates were found in samples that were compliant with italian regulations, ... | 2004 | 15508644 |
| epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic evaluation of the italian cholera epidemic in 1994. | in the period between 18 october and 4 december 1994, 12 indigenous cases of cholera were registered in the southern italian region of puglia, 10 of them were diagnosed in our departments of infectious diseases. all patients were infected by consumption of raw fish or mussels. the patients had an elevated mean age and most were affected with systemic pathologies. the clinical course was mild and rarely complicated, although frequently the characteristic riziform diarrhoea was absent. in all pati ... | 1997 | 9062786 |
| [epidemiology of the spread of salmonellosis in the region of bari]. | three researches undertaken in bari, with the aim of clarifying the epidemiological circles that determine the typhoid and paratyphoid endemia as well as the so-called salmonellosis minor, are reported here. the results obtained confirm the important role that eating shellfishes plays in spreading of typhoid cases in a sea-town like bari. furthermore, data obtained showed that the importing mechanism of infected animals, and then the slaughter-houses and the butcheries , are accounting for sprea ... | 1982 | 6821339 |
| typhoid fever in italy, 2000-2006. | typhoid fever remains endemic in the apulia region of southern italy. here we investigate why this occurs despite increasing levels of environmental public health measures. | 2008 | 19745525 |
| food-borne outbreak caused by salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis in bari, italy. | this paper presents data from an epidemiologic investigation of an outbreak of gastroenteritis that occurred in bari, southern italy, in june 2005. the source of the outbreak was traced to consumption of rice "arancini" (a typical italian food prepared with rice, mozzarella cheese, eggs and bread crumbs), prepared in a traditional bakery in town. salmonella enteritidis strains were isolated from affected patients, bakery personnel and food items. isolates were analysed by using traditional micro ... | 2006 | 18536762 |
| prevalence, antimicrobial resistance, and extended-spectrum beta-lactamases characterization of salmonella isolates in apulia, southern italy (2001-2005). | the prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility, and production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (esbls) of salmonella collected from several hospitals in apulia (southern italy) were evaluated. the most common salmonella isolates were salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium (44.6%), s. enterica serovar enteritidis (33.4 %), s. enterica serovar infantis (3.2 %), s. enterica serovar typhi (1.5%), and s. enterica serovar bovismorbificans (1.5%). the other serovars accounted for less than 1% each. ... | 2007 | 17650965 |