"AGIA SOPHIA" CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
August 1994 - July 1996
Bacterial species isolated in faeces
(One isolate per patient)
| INPATIENTS | OUTPATIENTS |
| No | % |
No | % |
| Aeromonas hydrophila |
69 | 14,8 | 27 | 16,6 |
| Aeromonas sp. | 3 |
0,6 | | |
| Escherichia coli | 48 |
10,3 | 3 | 1,8 |
| Salmonella enteritidis | 217 |
46,6 | 94 | 57,7 |
| Salmonella paratyphi b | 3 |
0,6 | 1 | 0,6 |
| Salmonella sp. | 35 |
7,5 | 9 | 5,5 |
| Salmonella typhi | 3 |
0,6 | | |
| Salmonella typhimurium | 55 |
11,8 | 23 | 14,1 |
| Shigella boydii | 1 |
0,2 | | |
| Shigella flexneri | 19 |
4,1 | 5 | 3,1 |
| Shigella sonnei | 2 |
0,4 | 1 | 0,6 |
| Yersinia enterocolitica | 10 |
2,1 | | |
| Yersinia sp. | 1 |
0,2 | | |
| Total | 466 |
100 | 163 |
100 |