The first description of liver abscesses due to Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica in an African HIV-infected young woman: case report and review of the literature

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Zahid Talibi Alaoui, Fatima Arabi, Fatima Ihbibane, Nabila Soraa, Noura Tassi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2021
• Subjects: Salmonella; AIDS; Liver abscess; HIV; Bacteriology; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946202163072; https://doaj.org/article/96338c0071f04dcc914ae047a106f1b2

ABSTRACT Salmonella is Gram-negative bacilli that cause a foodborne infections. When the disease occurs in patients living with HIV (PLWHA), salmonellosis is an AIDS defining illness. Here we describe the case of a 26-year-old HIV-infected female patient who was hospitalized for pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, and whose explorations revealed a liver abscess due to salmonella enterica enterica that progressed well after needle aspiration and antibiotic treatment.