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Two hundred eighty-six Salmonella and 314 Shigella strains from patients in the Cook County Hospital in Chicago were identified. The most frequently encountered Salmonellae were (in decreasing order) S. typhimurium, S. typhosa, S. montevideo, S. Oranienburg, S. newport, S. anatum, S. enteritidis and S. paratyphi B, while often encountered Shigellae were classified as Sh. sonnei, Sh. paradysenteriae Flexner IV, Sh. alkalescens and Sh. paradysenteriae Flexner II. The occurrence of rare types is reported. There seemed to be a shift in the frequency of Salmonella strains, as compared with previous studies in the same geographic area but the distribution of Shigellae did not change. The importance of carriers and poultry in human salmonellosis were discussed.
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Felsenfeld, O., Young, V.M. & Yoshimura, T. Salmonellosis and shigellosis in cook county, Illinois; 1. Classification of six hundred salmonella and shigella strains isolated from patients of cook county hospital. Amer. Jour. Dig. Dis. 18, 209–213 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02891953
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