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. 1999 May;38(3):182-4.
doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(99)90248-7.

Salmonella tel-el-kebir and terrapins

M Lynch  1 , M Daly, B O'Brien, F Morrison, B Cryan, S Fanning
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Salmonella tel-el-kebir and terrapins

M Lynch et al. J Infect. 1999 May.

Abstract

Objectives: An outbreak of Salmonella tel-el-kebir occurring over a 6-month period is described in this report. This is the first outbreak of S. tel-el-kebir in the reported literature.

Methods: S. tel-el-kebir was isolated from human faecal samples using conventional laboratory methods.

Results: Eight patients had S. tel-el-kebir isolated from faeces. All patients were owners of, or in close contact with, pet terrapins. The terrapins were purchased in the same pet shop, where they were imported from America. The epidemiological link with these pets was confirmed, as S. tel-el-kebir was isolated from cloacal swabs from the terrapins, and from terrapin water. Molecular biology studies using DNA amplification fingerprinting (DAF) gave identical fingerprint patterns for all human and terrapin isolates.

Conclusions: Salmonellosis associated with exotic pets is a re-emerging disease in the 1990s, and measures to reduce this are discussed.

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