Autoradiographie

An Extensive Outbreak of Gastroenteritis Caused by Salmonella Newport

“…The majority of the patients had an incubation period of 48 hours or less, which is in accordance with the findings in other outbreaks (10,11,14,25,30). However, as many as 45 patients out of 161 (28 yo) in the present epidemic had an incubation period of three to seven days, and seven patients (4.3 yo) eight to twelve days.…”

“…Bornstein (4) noted this tendency in 1943. Many instances of a peracute course with a fatal outcome have been described (5,8,11,14,20,30), and Saphra (27) has found a mortality rate of 4.1 per cent in a selected material. Focal manifestations have been observed, such as meningitis (7, 24) and osteomyelitis (16).…”

“…All over the world Salmonella Newport is a common cause of gastroenteritis (28,29,32,34). Several reports from recent years on outbreaks of infections with this organism are to be found in the literature ( 5 , 10,11,14,20,25,30). No major epidemic has been known in Sweden since the report by Eriksson in 1941 (9).…”