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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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Salmonella Typhimurium causing chronic osteomyelitis with septic arthritis
Anitha Madhavan, Vasudhevapanicker Jayalakshmi, Balakrishnan Sobha
Department of Microbiology, Government TD Medical College, Alappuzha, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
Anitha Madhavan
Department of Microbiology, Government TD Medical College, Alappuzha, Kerala
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-1282.158812
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Although acute gastroenteritis is the most common manifestation of Salmonella infections, the illness can present with focal lesions in almost any organs with or without septicaemia. We describe here a case of chronic osteomyelitis right trochanter with septic arthritis hip caused by Salmonella typhimurium which was treated with surgical debridement and Ciprofloxacin. |
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