title: Enteric fever due to Salmonella Paratyphi A in Greece: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Enteric fever is a major global public health problem and growing international travel leads to an increase in the risk of contracting infectious diseases that are endemic in the country of destination.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 30-year-old Pakistani male was admitted feeling generally unwell with fever, vertigo, vomiting and headache. Admission blood cultures grew Salmonella ser. Paratyphi A. The patient was successfully treated with intravenous Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid and Ciprofloxacin.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case report emphasizes the potent spread of Salmonellae bacilli in a developed country.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine, Tzaneio Hospital, Piraeus, Greece. thanoschalkias@yahoo.gr.
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chalkias
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anastasopoulos
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsiaglis