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Salmonella enterica serovar Virchow bacteremia presenting as typhoid-like illness in an immunocompetent patient

We report a typhoid-like illness with fever and altered consciousness in a 22-year-old man with growth of Salmonella enterica serovar Virchow in blood and stool culture. Bacteremia and invasive disease due to non-typhoid salmonellae (NTS) are known in severely immunocompromised patients, but so far...

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Main Authors: Eckerle, Isabella (Author) , Zimmermann, Stefan (Author) , Kapaun, Annette (Author) , Junghanss, Thomas (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 12 May 2010
In: Journal of clinical microbiology
Year: 2010, Volume: 48, Issue: 7, Pages: 2643-2644
ISSN:1098-660X
DOI:10.1128/JCM.00217-10
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00217-10
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Author Notes:Isabella Eckerle, Stefan Zimmermann, Annette Kapaun, and Thomas Junghanss
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Summary:We report a typhoid-like illness with fever and altered consciousness in a 22-year-old man with growth of Salmonella enterica serovar Virchow in blood and stool culture. Bacteremia and invasive disease due to non-typhoid salmonellae (NTS) are known in severely immunocompromised patients, but so far have not been described in immunocompetent adults.
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ISSN:1098-660X
DOI:10.1128/JCM.00217-10

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