Open AccessMyositis associated with Salmonella paratyphi A bacteremia appears to be common
Author(s) -
Adline Harris,
Stalin Viswanathan,
Rajeswari Aghoram
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_202_18
Subject(s) - medicine , myositis , myalgia , bacteremia , paratyphoid fever , dengue fever , salmonella , blood culture , creatine kinase , typhoid fever , gastroenterology , immunology , virology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , bacteria , biology
Fever and severe myalgia in a tropical country like India bring to mind leptospirosis, rickettsioses, dengue, and other viral fevers. Enteric fever is widely prevalent in Asia, but myositis has not been previously described in Salmonella paratyphi A bacteremia.