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9175464

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-27
pubmed:abstractText
A study was made of all potentially statutorily notifiable bacterial infections diagnosed in faecal samples submitted from symptomatic patients to a single microbiology laboratory during a six-month period. Salmonella spp, Campylobacter spp or Shigella spp were isolated from 167 patients and 51% of these were formally notified (54% of general practice patients and 47% of hospital patients). Forty-seven percent of cases of food-poisoning (Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter spp) were notified as were 70% of cases of shigella infections. Notification was made on average 9.4d after sending a specimen to the laboratory. A questionnaire used to ascertain the reasons for non-notification in 80 of 85 cases elicited replies in respect of 78 patients. Four patients infected with Salmonella spp or Campylobacter spp were said not to have been suffering from food-poisoning. A variety of reasons was given for failing to notify the others, the most common were forgetfulness, not receiving the result of the specimen, or believing someone else had made the notification.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0033-3506
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
111
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
183-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Incompleteness of statutory notification of bacterial gastro-intestinal infection.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Microbiology, St Mary's Hospital, London.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article