Eyelid abscess in an egg nog drinker.

Markus, Hugh S.; Wolverson, A. S.

doi:10.1136/bmj.299.6715.1570

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“…Based on both the pure growth of S. typhi on repeated swabs from the skin ulcer and healing of the lesion after therapy, a pathogenic role for this organism may be hypothesized; theoretically, the source of infection could have been material contaminated with S. typhi , as previously seen in a patient with eyelid abscess related to the drinking of contaminated egg‐nog 16 …”

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Cutaneous infection caused by Salmonella typhi

Marzano

Mercogliano

Borghi

et al. 2003

Acad Dermatol Venereol

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Salmonella typhi is a flagellated, gram-negative bacillus belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae responsible for typhoid fever, which is a prolonged bacteraemic, systemic illness with minimal, at least initially, diarrhoea. Localized infection is a not uncommon complication of salmonella septicaemia, particularly occurring in immunocompromised patients. However, salmonella localization to the skin presenting as cutaneous ulceration is regarded as a rare event. We report a unique case of such a presentation as the sole clinical manifestation of infection with S. typhi and highlight the possible salmonella aetiology for unusual cutaneous lesions in individuals coming from endemic areas.

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