Turtle-associated human salmonellosis.
A patient who bred exotic turtles as a hobby presented with 2 episodes of severe diarrhea, the second of which was proven to be caused by turtle-associated salmonellosis that was contracted during treatment with a proton-pump inhibitor. The literature about reptile-associated salmonellosis is briefly reviewed.
Stam
Frank
F
Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. f.stam@vumc.nl
Römkens
Tessa E H
TE
Hekker
Thecla A M
TA
Smulders
Yvo M
YM
D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014426:Turtles / Q000382:microbiology*