Salmonellosis beyond the gastrointestinal tract: a case series

While Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A, B, C are known to cause enteric fever, together with other Salmonella species (non typhoidal Salmonella) they can cause extra-intestinal disease or complications due to seeding of the bacterium in other organs following bacteraemia. The bacterium can affect anywhere in the body causing endocarditis, vascular infections, cholecystitis, hepatic and splenic abscesses, urinary tract infections including pyelonephritis, pneumonia, empyema, meningitis, septic arthritis and osteomyelitis. In this paper we describe extra-intestinal salmonellosis cases reported from different parts of Sri Lanka.