A pioneer study has been established in Germany for investigating the frequency of AGS (CAH), PP, PCH, MB, UTS, and GHD among children and adolescents. Our data shows that these disorders occur in approx. 2,700 children per year in total Germany, and about 12 000 of these children need to be treated in specialized paediatric endocrinological centres.

Bacteriological investigations were performed with 31 samples of feces from reptiles, mainly from snakes of a snake exhibition in St. Gall. 27 Salmonella and Arizona serotypes were recovered from 20 specimens (64.5%). Seven of the Salmonella isolates belonged to the sub-genus I, two to the sub-genus II, while 14 could be classified as belonging to the sub-genus III (Arizona). Single infections have occurred in 13, and double infections in 7 of the cases under study. One Salmonella serotype of the sub-genus II – Salmonella II 13,23,36:1, Z₂₈1,5 – and three Arizona serotypes – Arizona 7a,7b:23:31, Arizona 23:29:21 and Arizona 24:26:30 – could be declared as new types.

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Rolf Schweizer: St. Walterich und sein Kloster in Murrhardt – sein Leben und Wirken. Geiger-Verlag Horb 2013. 120 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Gebunden € 17,90. ISBN 978-3-86595-522-7