Nontyphoidal Salmonella: An Occupational Hazard for Clinical Laboratory Workers.

Laboratory-acquired infections due to nontyphoidal Salmonella are rare. Yet, recent outbreaks in microbiology teaching laboratories show that these species are still an appreciable occupational hazard for laboratory employees. This article presents two cases of nontyphoidal Salmonella that occurred at the authors' institution-an infected patient and a clinical laboratory worker who acquired the infection by handling this patient's specimens.