20 0 4年 6月 ,南卡罗来纳州一 4岁男孩因发热 5天、水样泻、腹部痉挛而住院 ,粪便培养发现有鼠伤寒沙门氏菌。在其患病前 9天曾从一宠物店购买过一只仓鼠 ,购买 2天后仓鼠死亡。 8月 ,明尼苏达州一 5岁男孩因腹泻 1 4天、腹部痉挛、呕吐及发热住院 ,粪便培养也发现有鼠伤寒沙 In June 2004, a 4-year-old boy from South Carolina was hospitalized for 5 days with watery diarrhea and abdominal cramps. Salmonella typhimurium was found in the stool culture. A hamster was purchased from a pet store nine days prior to the illness and the hamster died two days after the purchase. In August, a 5-year-old boy in Minnesota was hospitalized for 14 days of diarrhea, abdominal cramps, vomiting and fever, and fecal cultures were also found to have typhoid fever