Results from the first computerised Italian surveillance of human Salmonella isolates

We report all the first computerised data collected in Italy for the survei llance of Salmonella isolates. Primarily, within the wide framework of the European Community Human Salmonella Surveillance Project (SALM-NET), we rep ort data on the most commonly isolated serotypes in Italy from January 1994 to December 1996. In addition, we report all computerised data historicall y collected by some Italian regions regarding the period 1980-1993. Total data included in the Italian SALM-NET data base account for 59,336 Sa lmonella isolates. In the list of the most frequent isolates starting from 1989, S. Enteritidis always ranked first, followed by S. Typhimurium.