*{+}Background:+{*}{_}Salmonella enterica_ subsp. _enterica_ serovar Coeln (antigenic formula 1,4,\[5\],12:y:1,2) is a serovar of the O:4 (B)serogroup. This serovar is very rare and scarcely associated with human cases; only 32 human salmonellosis cases have been associated with this serovar during the last 10 years in the US. However, in Europe two outbreaks have been associated with \_S._Coeln, one in[France|http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=223] and a recent one in Norway.