Isolation of Campylobacter fetus from a pet turtle.
During the course of a Salmonella agona case investigation, Campylobacter fetus was isolated from a pet turtle. This is the first reported isolation of C. fetus from a turtle and suggests that turtles, in addition to being reservoirs for Salmonella species, may also be reservoirs for C. fetus.
D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000382:microbiology*; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000635:transmission; D014426:Turtles / Q000382:microbiology*