Pet Reptiles Associated with a Case of Salmonellosis in an Infant Were Carrying Multiple Strains of Salmonella
Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: A case of salmonellosis caused by Salmonella serotype Tel-el-kebir in an infant was linked with pet chameleons. Detection of multiple strains of Salmonella in chameleon excreta was achieved by a method designed for the detection of Salmonella in food. The advantages of this method over routine clinical microbiology procedures are discussed here. A 3-month-old infant was admitted to the hospital with diarrhea and fever, and subsequent microbiological testing of fecal samples revealed the presence of Salmonella enterica subsp. (I) enterica serotype Tel-el-kebir. This strain of Salmo-nella is rare in humans in the United Kingdom (three cases were reported to the Communicable Disease Surveillance Cen-tre in 1999, of 17,532 reported cases of Salmonella), but it has previously been found in association with pet reptiles (2). An investigation of the child’s home found that a pet cha-
Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Authors: C. Willis, T. Wilson, M. Greenwood, L. Ward
Institution: Southampton General Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Food Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2074516442