A Salmonella paratyphi a infection in Europe, mimicking acute appendicitis: A diagnostic challenge

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 Mar-Apr:34:101621. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101621. Epub 2020 Mar 11.

Authors

Olga Kastritsi¹, Ioannis Neonakis², Stelios Sakellaris³, Anna Kasimati², George Sakellaris³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Surgery, University General Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Electronic address: olgakastritsi@hotmail.com.
² Department of Clinical Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, University General Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
³ Department of Pediatric Surgery, University General Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

PMID: 32171883
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101621

No abstract available

Keywords: Salmonella paratyphi; appendicitis; child.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Appendicitis / diagnosis
Appendicitis / surgery
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Greece / ethnology
Humans
India
Paratyphoid Fever / diagnosis*
Salmonella paratyphi A / isolation & purification*
Travel