title: Salmonella enterica serovar Virchow bacteremia presenting as typhoid-like illness in an immunocompetent patient.
abstract: We report a typhoid-like illness with fever and altered consciousness in a 22-year-old man with growth of Salmonella enterica serovar Virchow in blood and stool culture. Bacteremia and invasive disease due to non-typhoid salmonellae (NTS) are known in severely immunocompromised patients, but so far have not been described in immunocompetent adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Isabella.eckerle@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: Isabella
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Eckerle
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kapaun
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Junghanss
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005334:Fever; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D019779:Salmonella enterica / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013785:Thailand; D014195:Travel; D014435:Typhoid Fever; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
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