Acalculous nontyphoidal salmonellal cholecystitis requiring surgical intervention despite ciprofloxacin therapy: report of three cases.
Nontyphoidal salmonellal cholecystitis is a rare complication of nontyphoidal salmonellal enterocolitis. We describe three patients with this complication who were hospitalized in a regional infectious disease unit at Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, over a period of 12 months. All three patients were receiving ciprofloxacin therapy before the episodes of cholecystitis became clinically evident, and all required surgical intervention.
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Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014435:Typhoid Fever
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin