Multiple drug resistant untypable Salmonella typhimurium infection in children & neonates

Salmonella typhimurium infection in children and neonates is reported. Out of 21 cases, 6 were new-born and 13 were below one year of age. Clinical manifestations included fever, abdominal pain and diarrhoea. All the isolates were from stool, out of the total 21 cases, 4 expired. This study was done at Microbiology Department of Kasturba Medical College over a period of seven months.