TY - JOUR
T1 - A severe Salmonella enterica serotype paratyphi B infection in a child related to a pet turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans
AU - Nagano, Noriyuki
AU - Oana, Shinji
AU - Nagano, Yukiko
AU - Arakawa, Yoshichika
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Our report highlights a case of severe childhood salmonellosis related to a pet turtle, a red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans). A 6-year-old girl had gastroenteritis complicated with sepsis caused by serotype Paratyphi B, which shared the same pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles with the organism isolated from a pet turtle. Based on our literature survey on childhood invasive salmonellosis acquired from reptiles, this case is the first documented reptile-associated salmonellosis including sepsis caused by this serotype.
AB - Our report highlights a case of severe childhood salmonellosis related to a pet turtle, a red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans). A 6-year-old girl had gastroenteritis complicated with sepsis caused by serotype Paratyphi B, which shared the same pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles with the organism isolated from a pet turtle. Based on our literature survey on childhood invasive salmonellosis acquired from reptiles, this case is the first documented reptile-associated salmonellosis including sepsis caused by this serotype.
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U2 - 10.7883/yoken.jjid.2006.132
DO - 10.7883/yoken.jjid.2006.132
M3 - Article
C2 - 16632917
AN - SCOPUS:33646168293
SN - 1344-6304
VL - 59
SP - 132
EP - 134
JO - Japanese journal of infectious diseases
JF - Japanese journal of infectious diseases
IS - 2
ER -
