J Clin Microbiol. 1990 Feb; 28(2): 361-2.

Isolation of salmonellae from dried rattlesnake preparations.

Babu K, Sonnenberg M, Kathpalia S, Ortega P, Swiatlo AL, Kocka FE.

Division of Infectious Disease, Cook County Hospital, Hektoen Institute for Medical Research, Chicago, Illinois 60612.

Salmonella arizonae and other Salmonella serovars were isolated from four different rattlesnake preparations which were used for self-treatment of various diseases. A case of disseminated S. arizonae infection is reported in a patient who had acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and ingested dried rattlesnake.