EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SALMONELLA ISOLATED FROM 1978 TO 1992 AT AMIENS-UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (FRANCE)

908 Salmonella have been isolated from 1/01/1978 to 31/12/1992, that i s an average of 60 strains a year : 87 % isolated from stool cultures, and 9 % from bloodcultures. Frequency is higher from June to October. These Salmonella are distributed in 57 serovars, 10 of which represen t 79 % of strains. Since a few years we observed a higher frequency of S. Enteritidis isolation. In 1991 and 1992 we have isolated more S. E nteritidis than S. Typhimurium which was until now the highest represe ntative serovar.