Wong SY, Lee SKL, Er C, Kuthiah N. Appendicitis in non-typhoidal salmonella bacteraemia.
Oxf Med Case Reports 2018;
2018:omy082. [PMID:
30364447 PMCID:
PMC6196765 DOI:
10.1093/omcr/omy082]
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Abstract
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi infections can manifest as acute abdomen due to intestinal perforations, salpingitis and rarely appendicitis. Non-typhoidal salmonella infection that usually only causes self-limiting gastroenteritis, is rarely associated with appendicitis. We present the case of a 78-year-old gentleman with Salmonella bacteraemia complicated by acute appendicitis. He was treated conservatively due to multiple comorbidities. His condition improved after completion of 2 weeks of antibiotics guided by the blood and stool culture results. Appendicitis is a rare but important complication to consider in Salmonella bacteraemia. More research needs to be done with regards to the clinical course of Salmonella related appendicitis.
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