Enayatollah Kalantar 1 
,
Mojgan Mirzaei 2,
Parviz Fallah 2,
Ali Ehsan Heidari 2,
Fatemeh Rahimi 3,
Sadegh Saedi 2,
Mohsen Arabi 3,
Hosain Dehghan 2 *
1 Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
2 Medical Laboratory, Rajaei Hospital, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
3 Department of Education, Rajaei Hospital, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
Abstract
We
present a case of Salmonella
gastroenteritis due to consumption of raw vegetables and water in
the farm field.A 62 year-old female from north of Iran was travelling to Karaj.
In the way to Karaj, the patient consumed raw unwashed vegetables from the farm
field. After a few hours she complained the gastrointestinal disturbances. She
admitted to the emergency department for evaluation of frequent severe watery
diarrhea.
Stool culture was taken at admission time which found positive for Salmonella
group B; which was sensitive to Ceftriaxon, Amikacin, Co-trimoxazole, Nalidoxoc
acid, Nitrofurantoin, Piperacillin and Ciprofloxacin. Treatment was initiated
with Metronidazole and Ciprofloxacin resulting in
rapid improvement of the patient’s symptoms. The patient was discharged after 3
days hospital admission. She has remained well without evidence of recurrence
of symptoms during a 2-month follow-up period.