Mixed Salmonella infection: case report and review of the literature.
Mixed infection with multiple Salmonella serotypes in the same patient is an unusual finding. We present a case of enteric fever in which both Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A were isolated from the blood of a patient traveling from India.
Perera
Nelun
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Department of Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK. nelun.perera@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
Geary
Collin
C
Wiselka
Martin
M
Rajakumar
Kumar
K
Andrew Swann
R
R
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D010284:Paratyphoid Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D012482:Salmonella paratyphi A / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014195:Travel; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology