Look what's eroding through the chest wall? Salmonella osteomyelitis of the ribs in an immunocompetent adult not associated with sickle cell disease.

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Marco ScarciKaren Harrison-Phipps

Abstract

We describe a case of Salmonella typhimurium osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent adult male patient without sickle cell disease. We are not aware of a previous report of this combination.

Citations

Jan 23, 2014·Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiología clínica·Maria Martínez-SerranoM Dolores Crespo-Sánchez
Jul 31, 2020·The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine·Kazuhiko HashimotoMasao Akagi

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