[Polyresistant "Salmonella bredeney" in a general surgical ward (author's transl)]

A series of cases of postoperative gastroenteritis by Salmonella bredeney in a general surgical ward has been described. The particular serotype of Salmonella in question, the widerange of drug-resistance of the strains, the epidemiological stages of the outbreak and the kind of the ward interested have been considered of uncommon occurrence.