Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, State Medical University, City Clinical Infectious Hospital No.1, Vladivostok, Russia
The comparative analysis of Salmonella enteritidis strains isolated from patients with gastrointestinal form, systemic infection with bacteremia and generalized form was carried out. S.enteritidis causing systemic Salmonella infection performs the leading role in the etiology of the disease. The infection can be caused by various S.enteritidis plasmidovars, having the basic and supporting roles in etiology of the local gastrointestinal form. The strains isolated from patients with systemic Salmonella infection did not vary from the ones isolated from patients with gastrointestinal form without bacteremia by biochemical and serological features, antibiotic resistance patterns and plasmid profile. The definitive role in development of gastrointestinal form with bacteremia and generalised form of Salmonella infection plays macroorganism features but microorganism ones.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2006, No. 3, Supplement, P. 36—39