Cutaneous infection caused by Salmonella typhi

✍ Scribed by AV Marzano; M Mercogliano; A Borghi; M Facchetti; R Caputo

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 112 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0926-9959
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00797.x

✦ Synopsis

ABSTRACT

Salmonella typhi is a flagellated, gram‐negative bacillus belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae responsible for typhoid fever, which is a prolonged bacteraemic, systemic illness with minimal, at least initially, diarrhoea. Localized infection is a not uncommon complication of salmonella septicaemia, particularly occurring in immunocompromised patients. However, salmonella localization to the skin presenting as cutaneous ulceration is regarded as a rare event. We report a unique case of such a presentation as the sole clinical manifestation of infection with S. typhi and highlight the possible salmonella aetiology for unusual cutaneous lesions in individuals coming from endemic areas.