Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Associated with Pet Rodents

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 356; no. 1; pp. 21 - 28
• Main Authors: Swanson, Stephen J, Snider, Cynthia, Braden, Christopher R, Boxrud, David, Wünschmann, Arno, Rudroff, Jo Ann, Lockett, Jana, Smith, Kirk E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 04.01.2007
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Animal care; Animals; Animals, Domestic - microbiology; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Clinical medicine; Cricetinae - microbiology; Disease Outbreaks; Drug resistance; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Environmental testing; Female; Fever; General aspects; Health education; Humans; Illnesses; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Mice - microbiology; Monitoring systems; Patients; Pet stores; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - microbiology; Public health; Rats - microbiology; Reptiles & amphibians; Rodent Diseases - microbiology; Rodent Diseases - transmission; Rodents; Salmonella; Salmonella enterica; Salmonella Infections - epidemiology; Salmonella Infections - microbiology; Salmonella Infections - transmission; Salmonella Infections, Animal - microbiology; Salmonella Infections, Animal - transmission; Salmonella typhimurium - genetics; Salmonella typhimurium - isolation & purification; Serotyping; United States - epidemiology; United States; USA, Minnesota; Radionuclide study; Treatment resistance; Typing; Rodentia; Salmonella typhimurium; Medicine; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Association; 2004; Pet animal; Multiple resistance; Domestic animal; Bacteria; Serotype; Enterobacteriaceae

An estimated 1.4 million salmonella infections occur annually in the United States, typically acquired from tainted food. This report describes a 10-state outbreak of infection with Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium associated with commercially distributed pet rodents that was identified by t...