TY - JOUR
T1 - Alerting pregnant women to the risk of reptile-associated salmonellosis
AU - Milstone, Aaron M.
AU - Agwu, Allison George
AU - Angulo, Frederick J.
PY - 2006/2
Y1 - 2006/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1097/01.AOG.0000187950.37065.87
DO - 10.1097/01.AOG.0000187950.37065.87
M3 - Article
C2 - 16449170
AN - SCOPUS:33645460005
SN - 0029-7844
VL - 107
SP - 516
EP - 518
JO - Obstetrics and gynecology
JF - Obstetrics and gynecology
IS - 2 II
ER -