Simple Liver Cyst as a Focus of Salmonella paratyphi Abscess: A Case Report

Salmonellosis, endemic in various part of the world, is considered a differential diagnosis in a tropical traveller. Although it usually presents as gastroenteritis, its various clinical syndromes may vary from mild gastroenteritis to severe septicaemia including abscess formation, the later two bei...

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Main Authors: A. Sangwaiya, A. Patel, J. Chan, J. Arnold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Tropical Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/456810
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Summary:Salmonellosis, endemic in various part of the world, is considered a differential diagnosis in a tropical traveller. Although it usually presents as gastroenteritis, its various clinical syndromes may vary from mild gastroenteritis to severe septicaemia including abscess formation, the later two being the most common cause of morbidity and mortality. Here we present a patient who returned to the UK after an overseas trip and was diagnosed with a pyogenic liver abscess with Salmonella paratyphi at a site of a pre-existing simple liver cyst.
ISSN:1687-9686
1687-9694