Rapid discrimination of Salmonella Enteritidis from other serovars with MALDI-TOF MS in Argentina.

Salmonella spp. is one of the most important zoonotic pathogens that causes foodborne diseases. It is divided into two species (Salmonella bongori and Salmonella enterica) including around 2600 serovars, being S.

Genomics of the Argentinian cholera epidemic elucidate the contrasting dynamics of epidemic and endemic Vibrio cholerae.

In order to control and eradicate epidemic cholera, we need to understand how epidemics begin, how they spread, and how they decline and eventually end. This requires extensive sampling of epidemic disease over time, alongside the background of endemic disease that may exist concurrently with the epidemic. The unique circumstances surrounding the Argentinian cholera epidemic of 1992-1998 presented an opportunity to do this.

[Shigelosis outbreak in the city of Lujan, Argentina].

The aim of this study was to describe an outbreak of Shigella sonnei that occurred in the city of Lujan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 2012. Five individuals were affected after eating a hand-made Viennese-style pastry at a family gathering. All of them presented with fever, joint pain, chills and non-bloody diarrhea containing mucus.