NYTimes reports: don't kiss your hedgehog, says the CDC, because you might get Salmonella.
and not just hedgehogs:
Hedgehogs are hardly the only pet known to spread disease. Pet reptiles are most commonly associated with passing salmonella to their owners, Dr. Sykes said. The same strain of the salmonella bacteria has also been associated with pet rodents and frogs, according to the C.D.C. And different strains of salmonella have been linked to pet bearded dragons, geckos, guinea pigs and turtles.
yeah. I had a patient who caught it from her pet turtle (from cleaning the aquarium and then not washing her hands enough to kill the germ).
cross posted to my main blog.
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