ABSTRACT
Salmonella Enteritidis is one of the most important serovars transmitted from animals to humans and a serovar most commonly reported worldwide. Infection with Enteritidis is mainly limited to the intestinal tract, but under certain circumstances may cross the mucosal barrier to disseminate and get established as some localized infectious focus. Although cited as one of the very uncommon causes, Enteritidis may involve the liver and evolve into an overt abscess. Pyogenic liver abscess by a gas forming organism like Enteritidis usually follow a serious fulminant course and associated morbidity and mortality is unacceptably high unless immediate therapeutic interventions are initiated.
Subject(s)
Abdominal Abscess/diagnosis , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Ceftriaxone/therapeutic use , Humans , Male , Metronidazole/therapeutic use , Ofloxacin/therapeutic use , Salmonella typhi/isolation & purification , Spleen/microbiology , Splenic Diseases/diagnosis , Typhoid Fever/diagnosis , Young AdultABSTRACT
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.