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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2007, p. 3115-3117, Vol. 45, No. 9
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00844-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Isolation of Salmonella enterica Serotype Newport from a Partly Ruptured Splenic Abscess in a Traveler Returning from Zanzibar{triangledown}

Dennis Tappe,1,2* Andreas Müller,2 Heinz-Jakob Langen,3 Matthias Frosch,1 and August Stich2

Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany,1 Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Mission Hospital, Salvatorstrasse 7, 97067 Würzburg, Germany,2 Department of Radiology, Medical Mission Hospital, Salvatorstrasse 7, 97067 Würzburg, Germany3

Received 20 April 2007/ Returned for modification 26 June 2007/ Accepted 6 July 2007

Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serotype Newport is a pathogen of growing importance because of its epidemic spread in dairy cattle and increasing rate of antimicrobial resistance. Human infections, however, are rare. We report a case of a splenic abscess in a young traveler returning from East Africa.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany. Phone: 0049-931-201-46036. Fax: 0049-931-201-46445. E-mail: dtappe{at}hygiene.uni-wuerzburg.de

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 14 July 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2007, p. 3115-3117, Vol. 45, No. 9
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00844-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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