A 51-year-old man developed rhabdomyolysis and multiple organ failure following infection with Salmonella lohbruegge. This species was resistant to ciprofloxacin. After the patient was bacteria free, he continued to have symptoms due to adhesions and strictures until he had a defunctionning ileostomy performed surgically. According to the national reference laboratory, only two such cases have been isolated in the UK since 2004 in addition to this one. Since 1991, 12 human cases and five non-human cases involving snakes, lizards, shrimps and a chicken have been reported.
MandellGLBennettJEDolinR. Salmonella species including Salmonella typhi. Mandell, Douglas and Bennett's Principles and practice of infectious diseases. Philadelphia: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone. 2005: 2636–54.
2.
ElliottHThomasALaddsPWHeinsohnGE. A fatal case of salmonellosis in a dugong. J Wildlife Di1981; 17: 203–08.
3.
JiwaSF. Isolation of a rare Salmonella Salmonella lohbruegge, and Vero toxin producing Escherichia coli from purging Norwegian dairy goat kids and their crosses. Trop Anim Health Prod1993; 25: 89–90.
4.
UnsworthDJ. Complement deficiency and disease. J Clin Pathol2008; 61: 1013–17.
5.
AsaiKTanakaSAraiM. Rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure in a child with Salmonella enteritidis gastroenteritis. Eur J Pediatr2007; 166: 973–74.
AssokuRKPenhaleWJ. The anaemia in fowl typhoid: immunopathogenesis and associated patterns of erythrocyte destruction. J Comp Pathol1978; 88: 219–36.
8.
AssokuRKPenhaleWJ. Experimental induction of an immunohaemolytic anaemia in the chicken with Salmonella gallinarum endotoxin. Can J Comp Med1978; 42: 108–20.
9.
ParryCMThrelfallEJ. Antimicrobial resistance in typhoidal and nontyphoidal salmonellae. Curr Opin Infect Dis2008; 21: 531–38.
10.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Human isolates final report. 2003 NARMS annual report. www.cdc.gov/narms/.
