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Human Infections Due to Salmonella Blockley, a Rare Serotype in South Africa: a Case Report

Overview
Journal BMC Res Notes
Publisher Biomed Central
Specialties Biology
General Medicine
Date 2012 Oct 12
PMID 23050633
Citations 3
Authors
Thandubuhle Gonose
Anthony M Smith
Karen H Keddy
Arvinda Sooka
Victoria Howell
Charlene Ann Jacobs
Sumayya Haffejee
Premi Govender
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Abstract

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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