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Chronic Pulmonary Infection with Salmonella Typhimurium
Author(s) -
ReissLevy Elizabeth,
Isaacs Frank,
Tully Mary,
Clark Elizabeth
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb131973.x
Subject(s) - salmonella , sputum , medicine , salmonella infection , pulmonary infection , microbiology and biotechnology , sputum culture , biology , tuberculosis , bacteria , pathology , genetics
The first report of a case of chronic sputum carriage of salmonella is presented. The patient was a 51‐year‐old male with pulmonary cavitation and mycetoma, who developed pulmonary infection with Salmonella typhimurium after rectal surgery, and subsequently has carried the salmonella in his sputum for 18 months to date.