Human infections due to Salmonella Blockley, a rare serotype in South Africa: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Infections due to nontyphoidal Salmonella have increased worldwide over the last couple of decades. Salmonella enterica serotype Blockley (Salmonella Blockley) infections is associated with chickens and is a rarely isolated serotype in human infections in most countries.


METHODS
We report a case of human infections due to Salmonella Blockley in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa in 2011. Three African males (aged 4, 14 and 16) presented to a clinic with diarrhoea, stomach cramps and headache. They started experiencing signs of illness a day after they consumed a common meal, consisting of meat, rice and potatoes. Stool specimens from the patients cultured Salmonella Blockley. The strains showed an indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern.


CONCLUSIONS
This is the first recorded case of human infections due to Salmonella Blockley in South Africa.
Centre for Enteric Diseases (CED), National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa. thandubuhleg@nicd.ac.za
Thandubuhle
T
Gonose
Anthony M
AM
Smith
Karen H
KH
Keddy
Arvinda
A
Sooka
Victoria
V
Howell
Charlene Ann
CA
Jacobs
Sumayya
S
Haffejee
Premi
P
Govender
D000293:Adolescent; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology