Talibi Alaoui Z, Arabi F, Ihbibane F, Soraa N, Tassi N. The first description of liver abscesses due to Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica in an African HIV-infected young woman: case report and review of the literature.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2021;
63:e72. [PMID:
34586306 PMCID:
PMC8494488 DOI:
10.1590/s1678-9946202163072]
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Abstract
Salmonella is Gram-negative bacilli that cause a foodborne
infections. When the disease occurs in patients living with HIV (PLWHA),
salmonellosis is an AIDS defining illness. Here we describe the case of a
26-year-old HIV-infected female patient who was hospitalized for pain in the
right upper quadrant of the abdomen, and whose explorations revealed a liver
abscess due to salmonella enterica enterica that progressed
well after needle aspiration and antibiotic treatment.
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