TABLE 1.

S. enterica subsp. arizonae human infections with varying clinical pictures (1952 to 2002)

Case no.	Age	Sex	Underlying disease	Exposure to reptile	Infective syndrome(s)	Outcome	Yr of report	Reference	Treatment
1	7 yr	F	Sickle cell anemia	Unknown	Otitis media	Recovered	1952	1	Unknown
2	2 yr	M	Langerhans cell histiocytosis	Unknown	Septicemia, osteomyelitis	Recovered	1953	10	Chloramphenicol
3	2.5 yr	F	Sickle cell anemia	Unknown	Osteomyelitis	Recovered	1971	15	Ampicillin, gentamicin
4	30 yr	M	None	Unknown	Bacteremia	Recovered	1976	2	Chloramphenicol
5	8 wk	F	None	Unknown	Meningitis	Recovered	1980	16	Ampicillin, chloramphenicol
6	11 yr	M	None	Pet snakes	Osteomyelitis	Recovered	1984	La	Ampicillin
7	19 yr	F	SLE	Rattlesnake capsule	Bacteremia	Recovered	1988	25	Ampicillin
8	25 yr	M	HIVb	Rattlesnake capsule	Pleural effusion	Recovered	1988	25	Ampicillin, trimethoprim, sulfamethoxazole
9	51 yr	M	Cardiomyopathy	Rattlesnake capsule	Pleural effusion	Recovered	1988	25	None
10	15 yr	F	SLE	Rattlesnake capsule	Septicemia, sinusitis	Recovered	1991	19	Ampicillin
11	12 yr	F	Lymphocytic leukemia	Rattlesnake pills	Sepsis	Died	1991	19	Died before treatment
12	69 yr	M	Gastric cancer	Rattlesnake pills	Peritonitis	Recovered	1992	26	Cefotaxime, gentamicin
13	6 yr	M	None	Rattlesnake meat	Gastroenteritis	Recovered	1995	18	Ceftriaxone
14	11 days	M	None	Pet iguana	Gastroenteritis	Recovered	1997	22	Ampicillin, metronidazole, gentamicin
15	8 wk	M	Netherton syndrome	Pet snake	Gastroenteritis	Recovered	1997	22	Ciprofloxacin
16	7 mo	F	None	Pet iguana	Osteomyelitis	Recovered	2000	24	Ceftriaxone
17	10 yr	M	None	Snake bite	Wound infection	Recovered	2001	3	Cefuroxime
18	3 mo	F	Microcephaly	Pet reptiles	Gastroenteritis	Died	2002	This study	Ampicillin, amikacin, cefotaxime

^aCroop et al., letter.

^bHIV, human immunodeficiency virus infection.