Chronic Salmonella eimsbuettel septicaemia presenting with intermittent sweats and haematuria.
An unusual presentation is reported of salmonellosis, frank haematuria and chronic septicaemia arising during an outbreak of food poisoning caused by Salmonella eimsbuettel. The patient whose gut was colonized gave a history of chronic pyrexia and weight loss and suffered an intermittent urinary infection but had no gastroenteritis.
D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000150:complications*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*; D013546:Sweating