Sacroiliitis caused by Salmonella typhi

Mehmet Ulug; Mustafa Kemal Celen; Mehmet Faruk Geyik; Salih Hosoglu; Celal Ayaz

doi:10.3855/jidc.476

Sacroiliitis caused by Salmonella typhi

Authors

Mehmet Ulug Midyat State Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinic Microbiology, 47100 Mardin
Mustafa Kemal Celen Dicle University Medical School, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinic Microbiology, 21280 Diyarbakir
Mehmet Faruk Geyik Dicle University Medical School, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinic Microbiology, 21280 Diyarbakir
Salih Hosoglu Dicle University Medical School, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinic Microbiology, 21280 Diyarbakir
Celal Ayaz Dicle University Medical School, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinic Microbiology, 21280 Diyarbakir

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.476

Keywords:

sacroiliitis, Salmonella typhi, Turkey, medical treatment

Abstract

Although the commonest manifestation of Salmonella infection is acute gastroenteritis, infection may spread to the blood-stream may and the illness can present with focal lesions in almost any organ with or without septicemia. We describe here a case of Salmonella typhi infection of a sacroiliac joint that was cured with ciprofloxacin therapy for six weeks. The patient was immunologically normal. Salmonella etiology was not suspected in this case, and the diagnosis was made only after bacterial isolation. Physicians should be aware of this rare manifestation of Salmonella infection, especially in endemic areas.

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2009-08-30

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Ulug M, Celen MK, Geyik MF, Hosoglu S, Ayaz C (2009) Sacroiliitis caused by Salmonella typhi. J Infect Dev Ctries 3:564–568. doi: 10.3855/jidc.476

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Vol. 3 No. 07: August 2009

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Case Reports

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