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Published on: July 29, 2022
A severe Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi B infection in a child related to a pet turtle, Trachemys scripta
Noriyuki Nagano1, Shinji Oana, Yukiko Nagano
1Medical Microbiology Laborataory, Funabashi Medical Center, Chiba 273-8588, Japan. naganoyn@d3.dion.ne.jp
Abstract:
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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