A case of retroperitoneal abscess caused by Salmonella Oranienburg

The authors report a case of retroperitoneal abscess caused by Salmonella Oranienburg in an 8-year-old girl. This was one case in an epidemic of food poisoning from Salmonella Oranienburg or Salmonella Chester transmitted by many kinds of contaminated dried squid products. This is the first reported...

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Published in:Journal of pediatric surgery 2003-11, Vol.38 (11), p.1693-1695
Main Authors: Katsuno, Shinsuke, Ando, Hisami, Seo, Takahiko, Shinohara, Tsuyoshi, Ochiai, Keiko, Ohta, Michio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abscess - drug therapy
Abscess - microbiology
Abscess - surgery
Animals
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen
Biological and medical sciences
Cefozopran
Cephalosporins - therapeutic use
Child
Combined Modality Therapy
Decapodiformes - microbiology
Disease Outbreaks
Equipment Contamination
Female
Food Contamination
Food Handling - instrumentation
Food Microbiology
General aspects
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Japan - epidemiology
mass food poisoning
Medical sciences
outbreak
Retroperitoneal abscess
Retroperitoneal Space
Salmonella - classification
Salmonella - isolation & purification
Salmonella Food Poisoning - complications
Salmonella Food Poisoning - drug therapy
Salmonella Food Poisoning - microbiology
Salmonella Oranienburg
Seafood - microbiology
Species Specificity
squid
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Summary:The authors report a case of retroperitoneal abscess caused by Salmonella Oranienburg in an 8-year-old girl. This was one case in an epidemic of food poisoning from Salmonella Oranienburg or Salmonella Chester transmitted by many kinds of contaminated dried squid products. This is the first reported case of a retroperitoneal abscess by Salmonella Oranienburg.
ISSN:0022-3468
1531-5037
DOI:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2003.08.012