Acute Scrotal Ulcers in Typhoid Fever: Case Report and Literature Review

• Choi Hil Yin

  University of Melbourne, Northern Clinical School

• Nickless David

  Department of Pathology, Northern Health

• Tee Wennie

  Department of Medicine, Northern Health

• Tong En’en

  Department of Medicine, Northern Health

• Aboltins Craig A.

  Department of Infectious Diseases, Northern Health University of Melbourne, Northwest Academic Centre

抄録

Background. In developed countries, typhoid fever is a travel-associated disease that is often overlooked. However, as standard blood and stool culture methods have relatively low sensitivity, diagnosis depends heavily on clinical signs and symptoms and on a high level of suspicion. Methods. Reported here is the case of an 18-year-old male who presented with fever and acute scrotal ulcers and whose blood cultures were positive for Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi. A review of genital ulcers associated with typhoid fever in the literature is discussed. Conclusion. This report suggests that typhoid fever is a differential diagnosis of acute genital ulcers.

収録刊行物

• Tropical Medicine and Health

  Tropical Medicine and Health 43 (1), 69-73, 2015

  日本熱帯医学会

キーワード

• Typhoid fever
• paratyphoid fever
• Salmonella enterica
• acute genital ulcer
• scrotal ulcer
• vulvar ulcer

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390282680196812544
• NII論文ID: 130004704898
• DOI: 10.2149/tmh.2014-28
• ISSN: 13494147
• ISSN: 13488945
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2015331840
• 本文言語コード: en
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