Indian J Med Res. 1996 Feb; 103(): 74-6.

Outbreak of food poisoning due to Salmonella paratyphi A var durazzo (2,12:a:-) in Yavatmal (Maharashtra) in May 1995.

Fule RP, Ingole KV, Jalgaonkar SV, Moon BU.

Department of Microbiology, V.N. Government Medical College, Yavatmal.

Thirty three patients presented with acute diarrhoea and vomiting, 12-24 h after consuming vegetarian food. Twenty three patients developed high grade fever, with two patients developing complications. Salmonella paratyphi A var durazzo was isolated from 12 faecal samples. This serovar of Salmonella as a causative organism of food poisoning is unusual.