Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi from a case of breast abscess

Mahajan, R.K.; Duggal, S.; Chande, D.S.; Duggal, N.; Hans, C.; Chaudhry, R.

Journal of Communicable Diseases 39(3): 201-204

2007


ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5138
PMID: 18697587
Document Number: 612980
Enteric fever is an acute systemic febrile infection caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi. Breast abscess due to S. typhi infection is a rare sequelae. We report here a classical case of Salmonella typhi infection in a rare clinical form of a breast abscess in a non-lactating immuno-compromised female.

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