Salmonella and shigella infections from faecal specimens, laboratory reports (England and Wales): December 2017 to January 2018
Updated 9 February 2018
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1. Table 1. Salmonella infections from faecal specimens (England and Wales), reports to PHE: December 2017 to January 2018
Details of 592 reports of salmonella infections recorded in December are given in the table below. In January 2018, 409 salmonella infections were recorded.
| Organism | Cases December 2017 |
|---|---|
| S. Typhimurium | 157 |
| S. Enteritidis | 138 |
| S. Newport | 24 |
| S. Infantis | 14 |
| S. Java | 13 |
| Others | 246 |
| Total salmonella (provisional data) | 592 |
Note: “Others” includes all other salmonella serovars, and salmonella isolations for which no serovar result was available.
2. Table 2. Shigella infections from faecal specimens (England and Wales), reports to PHE: December 2017 to January 2018
Details of 176 reports of shigella infections recorded in December are given in the table below. In January 2018, 112 shigella infections were recorded.
| Organism | Cases December 2017 |
|---|---|
| S. Sonnei | 75 |
| S. Flexneri | 50 |
| S. Boydii | 3 |
| S. Dysenteriae | 2 |
| Shigella not speciated | 46 |
| Total shigella (provisional data) | 176 |
Published in Health Protection Report volume 12 issue 5.