Mixed Salmonella infection: case report and review of the literature

J Travel Med. 2007 Mar-Apr;14(2):134-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2007.00111.x.

Abstract

Mixed infection with multiple Salmonella serotypes in the same patient is an unusual finding. We present a case of enteric fever in which both Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A were isolated from the blood of a patient traveling from India.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • England
  • Female
  • Humans
  • India / ethnology
  • Paratyphoid Fever / complications*
  • Paratyphoid Fever / microbiology
  • Salmonella paratyphi A / isolation & purification*
  • Salmonella typhi / isolation & purification*
  • Travel*
  • Typhoid Fever / complications*
  • Typhoid Fever / microbiology