Imaging in Salmonella spp. Infection

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PY Lui, KL Lee, KY Tam, CC Chan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2014;17:62-9

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1413205

Salmonella spp. cause a broad spectrum of human illnesses, including gastroenteritis, typhoid fever, and bacteraemia with or without extraintestinal focal infections, or may be present in an asymptomatic carrier. This pictorial essay aims to illustrate the various manifestations of culture-proven Salmonella infection in enteric fever and, particularly, in extraintestinal focal infections, which is one of the predictors for mortality.

 

中文摘要

沙門氏菌感染的影像

呂沛欣、李嘉樂、譚家盈、陳澤宗

 

沙門氏菌可以引致各種疾病,包括腸胃炎、傷寒、伴或不伴腸道外局灶感染的菌血症,亦可表現為無症狀攜帶者。本文旨在附圖說明經細菌培養證實的沙門氏菌感染誘發的傷寒,尤其是伴發腸道外局灶性感染(死亡預測因素之一)的病例的各種臨床表現。