Look what's eroding through the chest wall? Salmonella osteomyelitis of the ribs in an immunocompetent adult not associated with sickle cell disease.
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.
Scarci
Marco
M
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's Hospital, London, UK. marco.scarci@mac.com
Attia
Rizwan
R
Routledge
Tom
T
Harrison-Phipps
Karen
K
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*