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. CASE PRESENTATIO...

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Autores principales: Gonose, Thandubuhle, Smith, Anthony M, Keddy, Karen H, Sooka, Arvinda, Howell, Victoria, Jacobs, Charlene Ann, Haffejee, Sumayya, Govender, Premi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3502097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23050633
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-562
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Sumario: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. CASE PRESENTATION: 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. CONCLUSION: This is the first recorded case of human infections due to Salmonella Blockley in South Africa.

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