Open AccessPrevertebral neck abscess with Salmonella sandiego: a case presentation and literature review
Author(s) -
Gareth Lipton,
Theofano Tikka,
Hannah Soulsby,
Siew Min Keh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2019-230881
Subject(s) - medicine , abscess , neck mass , presentation (obstetrics) , discitis , rare disease , osteomyelitis , surgery , sepsis , salmonella , radiology , pathology , disease , magnetic resonance imaging , genetics , biology , bacteria
We describe an unusual case of a 58-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) developing sepsis secondary to a prevertebral neck abscess. Following cross-sectional imaging, the patient underwent surgical drainage. Salmonella sandiego was isolated from urine, blood and pus cultures. Salmonella species neck infections represent a rare cause of focal salmonellosis, though have been reported in the literature. This is the first reported case of S. sandiego causing neck abscess. The case highlights an atypical presentation of salmonellosis, with the surprising finding of a neck abscess on cross-sectional imaging without evidence of co-existing significant discitis or osteomyelitis.