Tappe D, Müller A, Langen HJ, Frosch M, Stich A. Isolation of Salmonella enterica serotype newport from a partly ruptured splenic abscess in a traveler returning from Zanzibar.
J Clin Microbiol 2007;
45:3115-7. [PMID:
17634302 PMCID:
PMC2045302 DOI:
10.1128/jcm.00844-07]
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Abstract
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.
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