TY - JOUR T1 - Salmonella Serotyping Isolated from Patients who Were Referred to Clinical Centers in Hamadan City (1993 - 1997) TT - سروتایپینگ سالمونلاهای جداشده از مراجعه کنندگان به مراکز درمانی شهر همدان در سالهای 1376ـ1372 JF - umsha JO - umsha VL - 6 IS - 3 UR - http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-997-en.html Y1 - 1999 SP - 0 EP - 0 KW - Salmonella / Serology / Typhoid N2 - In order to survey epidemiological characteristics of Salmonellosis in Hamadan city , a cross - sectional study was made on patients with positive cultures of Salmonella species. A total of 318 Salmonella species was collected from eight medical centers from Feb 1993 to May 1997. Different serotypes were identified in microbiology laboratory of the School of Medicine. The data including age, and sex, etc. were gathered through a questionnaire and analyzed using ‘’Epi6’’ system. Of 318 Salmonella species isolated , the most frequent serotypes were S. typhi 44.4% followed by S. typhimurium 18.6% . The frequency of other serotypes were as follows : S. para B 8.4%, S. para C 6.9% , S. enteritidis 4.8% , S. para A 4.4% , S. species 4.1% , S. choleraesuis 2.8%, S. agona 2.2% , S. arizona 1.9% , S. infantis 0.6% , S. havana , S. lexington and S. virchow each 0.3%. The highest rate of isolation was from blood culture (54.7%) and the lowest rate was from CSF and pleural fluid culture (0.3%). The results showed that the predominant serotypes were S. typhi followed by S. typhimurium in Hamadan city. There was significant relation between sex and age groups of the typhoidal and non - typhoidal patients. M3 ER -