title: Citrobacter freundii bacteraemia presenting as typhoid fever.
abstract: Citrobacter infections usually arise opportunistically in immunocompromised persons. We report the case of a young man in whom Citrobacter freundii caused a primary invasive illness similar to typhoid fever.
authors.affiliation: Regional Department of Infectious Diseases, Mansall Hospital, Manchester, U.K.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Flegg
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Mandal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002954:Citrobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*