Wound dehiscence after cholecystectomy and salmonella infection.
A case of a wound dehiscence following a Salmonella wound infection is reported. Cholecystectomy for the typhoid carrier state is not an uncommon operation and carries the risk of Salmonella wound infection in about 7 per cent of the cases. Wound dehiscence with this type of infection has not previously been reported.
D002763:Cholecystectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D012485:Salmonella typhi; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000209:etiology*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000150:complications*