Turtle-Associated Salmonella Infections in Kanagawa, Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Akiko Kaneko⁵  Junji Seto¹  Kumiko Ito²  Tomoe Ishihara³  Tsutomu Kamiyama⁴  Yu Suzuki¹  Ichiro Furukawa³  Toshiro Kuroki³ 

[1] Department of Microbiology, Yamagata Prefectural Institute of Public Health;Department of Planning and Information, Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Public Health;Department of Microbiology, Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Public Health;Kamiyama Pediatric Clinic;Department of Clinical Laboratory, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital

关键词: Salmonella;    salmonellosis;    turtles;    tortoises;   

DOI  :  10.7883/yoken.JJID.2014.490

学科分类：传染病学

来源: National Institute of Infectious Diseases

【 摘 要 】

References(33)In this paper, we examine 2 case reports for different reptile-related Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serotypes. In case 1, a 5-year-old boy presented with gastroenteritis caused by S. enterica subspecies enterica serovar Poona. The suspected source of infection was a turtle kept at the patient's home. In case 2, a 4-year-old boy presented with gastroenteritis caused by S. enterica subspecies enterica serovar Abony. The Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis suggested that a tortoise kept at the patient's home was the source of infection. This paper presents a review of the literature and an examination of cases regarding turtle-associated salmonellosis in Japan.

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