Salmonella typhimurium epidural empyema in an HIV-infected patient

Salmonella focal intracranial infections are reported rarely. They tend to occur in immunocompromised patients. We present here a case of Salmonella typhimurium epidural empyema, with osteomyelitis of the adjacent frontal bone, in a 37-year-old human immunodeficiency virus positive man who presented...

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Autores principales: Hachfi, Wissem, Bellazreg, Foued, Ladib, Mohamed, Kaabia, Naoufel, Khalifa, Mabrouk, Krifa, Hedi, Letaief, Amel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24470883
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2009.e5
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author Hachfi, Wissem
Bellazreg, Foued
Ladib, Mohamed
Kaabia, Naoufel
Khalifa, Mabrouk
Krifa, Hedi
Letaief, Amel
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description Salmonella focal intracranial infections are reported rarely. They tend to occur in immunocompromised patients. We present here a case of Salmonella typhimurium epidural empyema, with osteomyelitis of the adjacent frontal bone, in a 37-year-old human immunodeficiency virus positive man who presented with a three-day history of headache, fever, and sweats. He was treated successfully with antibiotics and surgical drainage.
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spelling pubmed-38925692014-01-27 Salmonella typhimurium epidural empyema in an HIV-infected patient Hachfi, Wissem Bellazreg, Foued Ladib, Mohamed Kaabia, Naoufel Khalifa, Mabrouk Krifa, Hedi Letaief, Amel Infect Dis Rep Case Report Salmonella focal intracranial infections are reported rarely. They tend to occur in immunocompromised patients. We present here a case of Salmonella typhimurium epidural empyema, with osteomyelitis of the adjacent frontal bone, in a 37-year-old human immunodeficiency virus positive man who presented with a three-day history of headache, fever, and sweats. He was treated successfully with antibiotics and surgical drainage. PAGEPress Publications 2009-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3892569/ /pubmed/24470883 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2009.e5 Text en ©Copyright W. Hachfi et al., 2009 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (by-nc 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
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Hachfi, Wissem
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Khalifa, Mabrouk
Krifa, Hedi
Letaief, Amel
Salmonella typhimurium epidural empyema in an HIV-infected patient
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title_fullStr Salmonella typhimurium epidural empyema in an HIV-infected patient
title_full_unstemmed Salmonella typhimurium epidural empyema in an HIV-infected patient
title_short Salmonella typhimurium epidural empyema in an HIV-infected patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24470883
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2009.e5
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