Salmonella lung infection
A case of an 84 year old man admitted because of fever, abdominal discomfort, weakness, past history of cough wheezing and abuse of prednisolone and Erythromycin. He had Bronchopneumonia and diabetes. Salmonella typhimurium was isolated from both his sputum and blood while stool was negative for sal...
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description | A case of an 84 year old man admitted because of fever, abdominal discomfort, weakness, past history of cough wheezing and abuse of prednisolone and Erythromycin. He had Bronchopneumonia and diabetes. Salmonella typhimurium was isolated from both his sputum and blood while stool was negative for salmonella. He was treated with ampicillin and insulin. This is an uncommon lung infection of Salmonella sp in our community. |
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spelling | doaj.art-e67fb424c3954ed2b65ddf351f7a39e62022-12-22T02:49:46ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsInternational Journal of Medicine and Health Development2635-36952012-01-01171656710.4314/jcm.v17i1.8Salmonella lung infectionM E OhanuN OnyemelukweA case of an 84 year old man admitted because of fever, abdominal discomfort, weakness, past history of cough wheezing and abuse of prednisolone and Erythromycin. He had Bronchopneumonia and diabetes. Salmonella typhimurium was isolated from both his sputum and blood while stool was negative for salmonella. He was treated with ampicillin and insulin. This is an uncommon lung infection of Salmonella sp in our community.http://www.ijmhdev.com/article.asp?issn=2635-3695;year=2012;volume=17;issue=1;spage=65;epage=67;aulast=Ohanu;type=0salmonellalunginfection |
spellingShingle | M E Ohanu N Onyemelukwe Salmonella lung infection International Journal of Medicine and Health Development salmonella lung infection |
title | Salmonella lung infection |
title_full | Salmonella lung infection |
title_fullStr | Salmonella lung infection |
title_full_unstemmed | Salmonella lung infection |
title_short | Salmonella lung infection |
title_sort | salmonella lung infection |
topic | salmonella lung infection |
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