title: Salmonella osteomyelitis in pregnancy.
abstract: Salmonella osteomyelitis is rare in the immunocompetent host, even though Salmonella is not an infrequent public health problem. Invasive salmonellosis has in general a poor outcome in pregnancy with regard to fetal survival. We report the case of a healthy woman who developed Salmonella osteomyelitis of the iliac bone four weeks after a febrile gastroenteritis in the first trimester of pregnancy. Diagnosis was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging scanning of the iliac bone and a growth of Salmonella enteritidis in blood culture. The patient recovered fully after six weeks treatment with intravenous antibiotics and delivered a healthy infant at 40 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland.
authors.forename: Agust Ingi
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Agustsson
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Olafsson
authors.forename: Anna S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Thorisdottir
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000382:microbiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis; D055815:Young Adult