title: Look what's eroding through the chest wall? Salmonella osteomyelitis of the ribs in an immunocompetent adult not associated with sickle cell disease.
abstract: We describe a case of Salmonella typhimurium osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent adult male patient without sickle cell disease. We are not aware of a previous report of this combination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's Hospital, London, UK. marco.scarci@mac.com
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scarci
authors.forename: Rizwan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Attia
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Routledge
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harrison-Phipps
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012272:Ribs / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000302:isolation & purification*