Small Anellovirus Infections in Korean Children

Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 13, No. 5, May 2007 791 dulating severity and relapsed after a latent period of another 2 weeks. Although the isolate was highly resistant to clarithromycin in vitro, the patient improved clinically as symptoms disappeared. Results of stool cultures taken 5 weeks after resolution of clinical symptoms were negative. The clinical course of this patient’s illness suggests that S. Agama may cause self-limiting infections and asymptomatic shedding, as do other nontyphoidal Salmonella infections. The course of disease may be affected by the ingested infective dose, host factors, and virulence of S. Agama isolates.