title: Acute scrotal ulcers in typhoid Fever: case report and literature review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In developed countries, typhoid fever is a travel-associated disease that is often overlooked. However, as standard blood and stool culture methods have relatively low sensitivity, diagnosis depends heavily on clinical signs and symptoms and on a high level of suspicion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Reported here is the case of an 18-year-old male who presented with fever and acute scrotal ulcers and whose blood cultures were positive for Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi. A review of genital ulcers associated with typhoid fever in the literature is discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report suggests that typhoid fever is a differential diagnosis of acute genital ulcers.
authors: University of Melbourne, Northern Clinical School , Epping, Victoria, Australia, 3040.
authors: Hil Yin
authors: HY
authors: Choi
authors: Department of Pathology, Northern Health , Victoria, Australia.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Nickless
authors: Department of Medicine, Northern Health , Victoria, Australia.
authors: Wennie
authors: W
authors: Tee
authors: Department of Medicine, Northern Health , Victoria, Australia.
authors: En'en
authors: E
authors: Tong
authors: Department of Infectious Diseases, Northern Health , Victoria, Australia ; University of Melbourne, Northwest Academic Centre , Victoria, Australia.
authors: Craig A
authors: CA
authors: Aboltins
keywords: Salmonella enterica; Typhoid fever; acute genital ulcer; paratyphoid fever; scrotal ulcer; vulvar ulcer