UNCOMMON COMPLICATION OF A COMMON DISEASE (ENTERIC FEVER)

A 42year old lady, without any previous comorbidities presented with complaints offever with chills and rigor for 8 days and loose stools. She was diagnosed withSalmonella paratyphi A septicemia and was treated with appropriate antibiotics. Buther clinical condition worsened, and her fever continued. On PET-CT whole body, shewas detected to have a pulmonary embolism. Her thrombophilia panel check wasnegative. She was treated with a therapeutic dose of low molecular weight heparinEnoxaparin and appropriate antibiotics. Thus, we present a rare case of in-situpulmonary embolism formation following enteric fever in an Indian lady