Phage types of Salmonella Enteritidis isolated from clinical and food samples, and from broiler carcasses in Southern Brazil

• Main Authors: Luciana Ruschel dos Santos, Vladimir Pinheiro do Nascimento, Sílvia Dias de Oliveira, Dália P. Rodrigues, Eliane Moura Falavina dos Reis, Liliane Miyuki Seki, Aldemir Reginato Ribeiro, Sueli A. Fernandes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2003
• Subjects: Salmonella Enteritidis; Phage typing; Human food; Broiler carcasses; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/2acec4ca10674540a831bbcdd11b4302

272 isolates of Salmonella Enteritidis (111 isolated from frozen broiler chicken carcasses, 126 from human food and other biological materials involved in food poisoning outbreaks and 35 from different poultry materials) were selected for phage typing. From these, 111 were phage typed, 57.65% being classified as phage type 4, 32.43% as phage type 4a, 3.60% as phage type 6a and 0.90% as phage type 7, whereas 5.40% samples were not phage typeable. The predominance of phage type 4 is in agreement with the results published worldwide, and reinforces the need for studies related to the epidemiological meaning of these findings.