All issues > Volume 37(2); 1994

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1994;37(2):199-204. Published online February 15, 1994.

Clinical Studies of Salmonelosis in Childhood

Hong Shin HS Jeon¹, Young Jin YJ Hong¹, Myung Ik MI Lee¹, Keun Chan KC Sohn²

¹Department of Pediatrics, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Pediatrics, Dankuk University College of Medicine, Cheon Ahn, Korea

Abstract

During The last 11 years from Jan. 1980 to Dec. 1990, 72 cases of salmonellosis has been admitted to the Department of Pediatrics of National Medical Center and evaluated clinical difference between typhoid fever and salmonella gastroenteritis. The result were as follows: 1) The annual incidence of salmonella gastroenteritis in salmonellosis was increased in the latter half of the eighties. 2) Both samonellosis had its peak incidence in the summer. 3) Salmonella gastroenteritis was highest in the age of less than 5 year in contrast with the age of 6~9 year in typhoid fever. 4) The specimens isolated salmonella were blood and in stool in most cases, especially blood in typhoid fever and stool in gastroenteritis. 5) S.typhi was 16 cases, salmonella group A was 3 cases, group B was 16 cases and Group D and E were a case in each in isolated salmonellae. 6) On the antibiotic sensitivity test, S.typhi was sensitive to the most antibiotics. But the salmonella group B was relatively resisitant to Ampicillin, Carbenicillin, Tetracycline and Chloramphenicol.

Keywords :Typhoid fever, Salmonella gastroenteritis