The Vanishing Infarct: A Rare Presentation of MERS Due to Salmonella Infection in Middle-Aged Patient
Enteric fever is caused by Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi A and B, which can present clinically with variety of symptoms. We report a case of a middle-aged gentleman with salmonella infection who developed reversible corpus callosum splenium infarcts, which is an unusual presentation of enteric fever. The condition was reversed with antibiotics routinely used to treat enteric fever in the country.
Authors
- Kuldeep Dalal
- Nikhil Kadam
- Vaishnavi Revankar
- Parth Lakhpatia
- Sangeeta Chincholkar
- R Jadhav
- S. S. Kelkar
Institutions
- Bethany College - West Virginia (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.59556/japi.72.0765
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39