A case of injection abscess due to Salmonella typhi
Raghunath, R.; Ashok, A.C.; Sridaran, D.; Indumathi, V.A.; Belwadi, M.R.S.
Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 21(1): 59-60
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0255-0857 PMID: 17642978 Document Number: 10448
To the best of our knowledge, injection abscess due to Salmonella typhi has not been reported earlier. A patient with fever of unknown origin was diagnosed as suffering from typhoid fever, administered a course of ceftrioxone but patient developed an injection abscess due to S. typhi, abscess was drained and patient was started on ciprofloxacin to which he responded favourably.
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