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Madhavan A, Jayalakshmi V, Sobha B. Salmonella Typhimurium causing chronic osteomyelitis with septic arthritis. 2015; 17 (1):55-57.
Although acute gastroenteritis is the most common manifestation of Salmonella infections, the illness can present with focal lesions in almost any organs with or without septicaemia. We describe here a case of chronic osteomyelitis right trochanter with septic arthritis hip caused by Salmonella typhimurium which was treated with surgical debridement and Ciprofloxacin.
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