Invasive Salmonellosis by the Very Rare Salmonella choleraesuis in a Returning Traveler on a Tumor Necrosis Factor- α Inhibitor.
Salmonella choleraesuis is one of the least commonly reported nontyphoidal salmonellae in the United States, accounting for only 0.08% and ranking lower than 20th place among all human source salmonellosis reported to the CDC in 2009. In the state of Connecticut, only 12 cases have been reported since 1998 and our case is the only case since 2008. We report a case of invasive Salmonellosis caused by Salmonella choleraesuis in a patient on an antitumor necrosis factor- α agent (adalimumab) who recently returned from a trip to the Dominican Republic.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Uzoamaka A
UA
Eke
Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT 06105, USA.
Harry
H
Conte
Department of Microbiology, St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT 06105, USA.
Paula
P
Anderson
Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT 06105, USA.
Robert W
RW
Lyons