Haemorrhagic cellulitis caused by Salmonella enteritidis

Scand J Infect Dis. 2005;37(4):309-10. doi: 10.1080/00365540410021225.

Abstract

Soft tissue infections are rare manifestations of extra-intestinal salmonellosis and occur more frequently in immunocompromized patients [1-4]. We report haemorrhagic cellulitis in an immunosuppressed patient with sepsis caused by a non-typhoid Salmonella.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cellulitis / complications*
  • Cellulitis / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Humans
  • Salmonella Infections / complications*
  • Salmonella Infections / diagnosis*
  • Salmonella enteritidis / isolation & purification*