First report of human infection with Salmonella enterica serovar apapa resulting from exposure to a pet lizard

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2672-2674

  Cooke, Fiona J ^a,b   De Pinna, Elizabeth ^c   Maguire, Clare ^c   Guha, Simantee ^a   Pickard, Derek J ^b   Farrington, Mark ^a   Threlfall, E John ^c  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTESTINE DIVERTICULOSIS; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LIZARD; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PET ANIMAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; TACHYCARDIA; TYPHOID FEVER;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIZARDS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; ZOONOSES;

REPTILIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 68549115236     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02475-08     Document Type: Article

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