title: A severe Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi B infection in a child related to a pet turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans.
abstract: Our report highlights a case of severe childhood salmonellosis related to a pet turtle, a red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans). A 6-year-old girl had gastroenteritis complicated with sepsis caused by serotype Paratyphi B, which shared the same pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles with the organism isolated from a pet turtle. Based on our literature survey on childhood invasive salmonellosis acquired from reptiles, this case is the first documented reptile-associated salmonellosis including sepsis caused by this serotype.
authors.affiliation: Medical Microbiology Laborataory, Funabashi Medical Center, Chiba 273-8588, Japan. naganoyn@d3.dion.ne.jp
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oana
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.forename: Yoshichika
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arakawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D010284:Paratyphoid Fever / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D012484:Salmonella paratyphi B / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014426:Turtles / Q000382:microbiology*; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial