Article in Japanese

Salmonella bacteremia in an infant: case report of dog-to-human transmission

Yukari YAMAKI^1,2), Yoshiaki SASAKI¹⁾, Hiroki KAJINO¹⁾

Salmonella species are known as causative organisms of bacteremia in children, but they rarely cause dog-to-human transmission. A 6-month-old boy was admitted to this hospital with fever and poor feeding. Non-typhoidal Salmonella was isolated from his blood on admission, but not from his or his parent's stool. However, non-typical Salmonella was isolated from the stool of the boy's pet dog. Serotype analysis (13: d: e,n,z15) and pulse-field gel electrophoresis revealed that the isolated samples were identical. We conclude that attention needs to be paid to pet dogs as transmitters of Salmonella species to humans.

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1) Department of Pediatrics, JA Hokkaido Koseiren Abashiri-Kosei General Hospital
2) Department of Pediatrics, JA Hokkaido Koseiren Asahikawa-Kosei General Hospital

Key words	bacteremia, non-typhoidal Salmonella, pet dog, one health approach
Received	May 7, 2018
Accepted	January 6, 2019

31 (2)：125─129,2019