Özdemir, DavutŞahin, İdrisŞencan, İrfan2021-06-232021-06-2320060036-5548https://doi.org/10.1080/00365540500348994https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12491/5922Patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are predisposed to infection with Salmonella spp. Although the majority of infections are due to S. enteritidis serotype typhimurium [1], S. arizonae is considered as an opportunistic pathogen in compromized patients and it is commonly found in reptiles [2]. There have been recent reports of Hispanic patients and a Puerto Rican patient ingesting dried rattlesnake powder or capsules of dried rattlesnake powder and developing S. arizonae infections [1 /3]. In this letter we report a Turkish patient with AIDS who had S. arizonae bacteraemia but no history of contact with reptiles.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessAIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsSalmonella ArizonaeBacteremiaAmpicillinLetter10.1080/00365540500348994383237238165007932-s2.0-33644583657N/AWOS:000235553800021Q4