African pygmy hedgehog-associated salmonellosis--Washington, 1994

Abstract

During 1994, the Washington Department of Health Public Health Laboratory reported the isolation from a human of a rare Salmonella serotype, Salmonella serotype Tilene. This report summarizes the epidemiologic investigation of the case by the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health, which suggested the infection was related to exposure to African pygmy hedgehogs.