A case of injection abscess due to Salmonella typhi.
To the best of our knowledge, injection abscess due to Salmonella typhi has not been reported earlier. A patient with fever of unknown origin was diagnosed as suffering from typhoid fever, administered a course of ceftrioxone but patient developed an injection abscess due to S. typhi, abscess was drained and patient was started on ciprofloxacin to which he responded favourably.
Raghunath
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Department of Microbiology, MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore - 560 054, India.
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Sridaran
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Belwadi
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