title: Salmonella virchow: abscess former amongst the contemporary invasive Salmonellae?
abstract: Abscess formation associated with salmonella infections has long been recognized--but without implicating a particular serotype. The pathogenicity, invasiveness and increasingly frequent isolation of Salmonella virchow in the UK is well established. It's propensity to abscess formation is, however, less well recognised. We report 5 patients with abscesses due to S. virchow. This represents a disproportionate number of abscesses in relation to the salmonella isolations in North East Scotland during the 5-year period under scrutiny. We suggest that this organism should be considered as aetiologically relevant even where there is no history of preceding gastrointestinal infection.
authors.affiliation: Infection Unit City Hospital, Aberdeen, Scotland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nathwani
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Laing
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Reid
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium; D008297:Male; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint; D012475:Salmonella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D012611:Scrotum; D013247:Sternoclavicular Joint; D013369:Subphrenic Abscess / Q000382:microbiology