Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 2003)

A Descriptive Study of Human Salmonella Serotype Typhimurium Infections Reported in Ontario from 1990 to 1997

  • Michael W Ford,
  • Agricola Odoi,
  • Shannon E Majowicz,
  • Pascal Michel,
  • Dean Middleton,
  • Bruce Ciebin,
  • Kathryn Doré,
  • Scott A McEwen,
  • Jeffery A Aramini,
  • Shelley Deeks,
  • Frances Jamieson,
  • Rafiq Ahmed,
  • Frank G Rodgers,
  • Jeff B Wilson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2003/936084
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 5
pp. 267 – 273

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Salmonella infections cause gastrointestinal and systemic diseases worldwide and are the leading causes of food-borne illnesses in North America (1-4). Salmonella serotype typhimurium (ST), in particular, is increasingly becoming a major public health concern because of its ability to acquire multiple resistant genes (5,6).