Salmonella enterica subspecies diarizonae bacteremia in an infant with enteritis: a case report.
10.3349/ymj.1991.32.3.275
- Author:
Yunsop CHONG
1
;
Oh Hun KWON
;
Samuel Y LEE
;
Ki Sup CHUNG
;
Toshio SHIMADA
Author Information
1. Department of Clinical Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
S. enterica subsp. diarizonae;
Arizona;
bacteremia
- MeSH:
Bacteremia/*microbiology;
Case Report;
Enteritis/*microbiology;
Human;
Infant;
Korea/epidemiology;
Male;
*Salmonella Infections;
*Salmonella arizonae
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
1991;32(3):275-278
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The septicemia caused by the Arizona group organism is rare and usually observed in adults with underlying diseases. In Korea, Salmonella infection is common, but a report of Arizona infection is unknown. We isolated S. entercia subsp. diarizonae from blood of a 6-month-old infant. The serovar was determined as 28:z10:-, a rare one in America. The isolate was susceptible to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, cotrimoxazole and others. The patient rapidly recovered with ampicillin and gentamicin therapy. Clinical laboratories should consider that the infection exists in Korea and should attempt to isolate and identify Arizona organism in certain patients.
