Isolated splenic infarction owing to group B Salmonella: case report.
The clinical spectrum of extra-intestinal salmonellosis, comprising enteric fever and invasive infections owing to non-typhoidal Salmonellae, is well known. We report an otherwise healthy patient with isolated splenic infarction caused by group B Salmonella. She was seropositive for the O antigen of Salmonella group B and stool cultures were positive for group B Salmonellae. After appropriate antimicrobial therapy, her complaints disappeared and microbiological tests for Salmonellae became negative.
Küpeli
Serhan
S
Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Child Health, Ankara, Turkey. kupeliser@hotmail.com
Alehan
Dursun
D
Akpinar
Erhan
E
D000293:Adolescent; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019081:O Antigens / Q000097:blood; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D019779:Salmonella enterica; D013159:Splenic Infarction / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D019081:O Antigens; D002939:Ciprofloxacin