A severe Salmonella enterica serotype paratyphi B infection in a child related to a pet turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 132-134

  Nagano, Noriyuki ^a,b   Oana, Shinji ^a   Nagano, Yukiko ^b   Arakawa, Yoshichika ^b  

^a Funabashi Municipal Medical Center   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; FOSFOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI B; SALMONELLOSIS; SEPSIS; SEROTYPE; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; PARATYPHOID FEVER; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI B; TURTLES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 33646168293     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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