Salmonella enteritidis Phlegmon in an Elderly Female: A Case Report.
| Autor: | Zaalishvili Z; Faculty of Medicine, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, GEO., Didbaridze T; Clinical Microbiology, Tbilisi State Medical University the First University Clinic, Tbilisi, GEO.; Microbiology Department, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, GEO., Gogokhia N; Laboratory Medicine, Tbilisi State Medical University the First University Clinic, Tbilisi, GEO., Asanidze B; General Surgery, Tbilisi State Medical University the First University Clinic, Tbilisi, GEO., Akhmeteli L; General Surgery, Tbilisi State Medical University the First University Clinic, Tbilisi, GEO., Saginashvili L; Surgery, Tbilisi State Medical University the First University Clinic, Tbilisi, GEO., Maziashvili G; Faculty of Medicine, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, GEO. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Cureus [Cureus] 2022 Aug 01; Vol. 14 (8), pp. e27545. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Aug 01 (Print Publication: 2022). |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.27545 |
| Abstrakt: | Salmonella enteritidis is an individual serotype of S. enterica which can cause gastroenteritis in humans. In the case of a mild primary infection, bacteremia and phlegmon, as well as other types of extraintestinal Salmonella infection, may go undiagnosed. A 64-year-old female presents with a one-week history of fatigue, fever, and low back pain. She recently noticed a progressively growing mass in her lower back, along with swelling and redness of the surrounding skin. The patient is a nursing home resident who has been immobilized since a fall one month before the presentation. The bacterial culture of discharge from the infected area was found to be positive for S. enteritidis , and the diagnosis of the torso phlegmon was made. The patient underwent surgical removal of the phlegmon and clinically improved after post-operative treatment. After evaluating geographic location, time of the year, and host factors such as relative immobility, extremes of age, and immunosuppressive conditions, S. enteritidis should be considered in a differential diagnosis of torso phlegmon. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. (Copyright © 2022, Zaalishvili et al.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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