Salmonella oranienburg infection in a neonatal unit in New Delhi
Mehta, G.; Prakash, K.; Sharma, K.B.
Indian Journal of Medical Research 75: 480-484
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5340 PMID: 7106888 Document Number: 189858
An outbreak of multidrug resistant S. oranienburg in a neonatal unit of a children's hospital in New Delhi is reported. The outbreak occurred in Aug.-Sept., 1980, and presented as gastroenteritis and septicemia affecting 11 neonates. S. oranienburg was isolated from the stool of an asymptomatic mother. Out of 11 infants, 4 succumbed to the infection. Of 15 strains of S. oranienburg isolated during the epidemic, 12 showed the antibiotic resistance pattern [ARP] of AKT (ampicillin, kanamycin and tetracycline) and 3 had the ARP of AKST (ampicillin, kanamycin, streptomycin and tetracycline).