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Salmonella: the pelvic masquerader

Author(s) -

Vijayan Valayatham

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.06.015

Subject(s) - salmonella , pelvic inflammatory disease , gastrointestinal tract , medicine , genital tract , sex organ , salmonella infection , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , gynecology , bacteria , physiology , genetics

Salmonella sp is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Although commonly infecting the gastrointestinal system, other presentations are not unheard of. Salmonella is an unlikely and an unusual cause of genital tract infection. We describe a woman with suspected pelvic inflammatory disease eventually confirmed as Salmonella O C2 infection.

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