Cutaneous Salmonella infection.
Pustular dermatitis caused by Salmonella stanley developed on the arm of a veterinary surgeon after the delivery of a dead bovine calf. The vet did not develop any systemic symptoms and made a full recovery. This is the only report of cutaneous infection caused by this organism.
Lazarus
Rajeka
R
Department of Microbiology, Wycombe General Hospital, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK. rajeka@doctors.org.uk
Waghorn
David
D
Nash
Charles
C
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000382:microbiology; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000382:microbiology