| Autor: |
Al Obaidi Mohanad Mohammed, Vishal Demla, Patrick Kee, Ruckshanda Majid, Elliott R Friedman, Luis Zeichner Ostrosky, Karl Schmitt |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Tropical Diseases. |
| ISSN: |
2329-891X |
| DOI: |
10.4172/2329-891x.1000269 |
| Popis: |
We present a discussion of a rare case of Salmonella non-typhi epidural abscess in an immunocompetent patient without any risk factors with the finding of concurrent mitral valve endocarditis and urinary tract infection. Nontyphoidal salmonella is a reportable food-borne illness which typically presents as a gastrointestinal infection. In immunocompetent individuals, Salmonella infections are often subclinical and almost always self-limited. 5% of nontyphoidal infections progress to a systemic infection from a nonspecific febrile illness often associated with a disseminated bacteremia and metastatic foci of infection with the development of a Salmonella arthritis, urinary tract infection, infection of the central nervous system, bone infection, soft tissue infection. Our case illustrates that Salmonella enteritidis can cause a significant disseminated infection even in the absence of any predisposing factor (if the host is overwhelmed with a high bacterial load). |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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