Background: Reptile- and amphibian-associated salmonellosis poses significant risk to infants and young children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised that reptiles and amphibians should not be kept in households with children younger than 5 years old.
Case: We report a 5-day-old newborn with Salmonella bacteremia and meningitis who survived but with severe developmental delay.
Conclusion: Cases of infants with reptile- and amphibian-associated salmonellosis, a preventable and devastating disease, continue to be reported. We propose that obstetricians should be the front line in counseling expecting families that reptiles should not be kept in households with infants and young children. By the time a family first visits the pediatrician, the warning may be too late.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.AOG.0000187950.37065.87 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Case Report: Non-typhoidal infections transmitted by reptiles and amphibians.
Front Pediatr
November 2023
Pediatrics I, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Non-typhoidal infections (NTSI) can cause bacterial diarrhea, mostly leading to self-limiting gastroenteritis. However, in at-risk populations, NTSI can have severe complications. As transmission is most commonly foodborne, infection is rare in the breast- or bottle-fed very young.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMultistate reptile- and amphibian-associated salmonellosis outbreaks in humans, United States, 2009-2018.
Zoonoses Public Health
December 2022
Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Non-typhoidal Salmonella cause an estimated 1.4 million human illnesses, 26,000 hospitalizations and 400 deaths annually in the United States. Approximately 11% of these infections are attributed to animal contact.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRanavirus genotypes in the Netherlands and their potential association with virulence in water frogs (Pelophylax spp.).
Emerg Microbes Infect
April 2018
Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584 CL, The Netherlands.
Ranaviruses are pathogenic viruses for poikilothermic vertebrates worldwide. The identification of a common midwife toad virus (CMTV) associated with massive die-offs in water frogs (Pelophylax spp.) in the Netherlands has increased awareness for emerging viruses in amphibians in the country.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA quantitative-PCR based method to estimate ranavirus viral load following normalisation by reference to an ultraconserved vertebrate target.
J Virol Methods
November 2017
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, United Kingdom; UCL Genetics Institute, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Ranaviruses are important pathogens of amphibians, reptiles and fish. To meet the need for an analytical method for generating normalised and comparable infection data for these diverse host species, two standard-curve based quantitative-PCR (qPCR) assays were developed enabling viral load estimation across these host groups. A viral qPCR targeting the major capsid protein (MCP) gene was developed which was specific to amphibian-associated ranaviruses with high analytical sensitivity (lower limit of detection: 4.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDetection of Rickettsia and Ehrlichia spp. in Ticks Associated with Exotic Reptiles and Amphibians Imported into Japan.
PLoS One
May 2016
Department of Virology-1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
One of the major routes of transmission of rickettsial and ehrlichial diseases is via ticks that infest numerous host species, including humans. Besides mammals, reptiles and amphibians also carry ticks that may harbor Rickettsia and Ehrlichia strains that are pathogenic to humans. Furthermore, reptiles and amphibians are exempt from quarantine in Japan, thus facilitating the entry of parasites and pathogens to the country through import.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!