Salmonellosis in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus: a report of seven cases from Malaysia

• Main Authors: Puthucheary, S.D., Ng, K.P., Hafeez, A., Raja, N.S., Hassan, H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Seameo Regional Tropical Medicine & Public Health 2004
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/3577/1/SALMONELLOSIS_IN_PERSONS_INFECTED_WITH_HUMAN.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/3577/

Persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have an increased risk of salmonellosis when compared to the general population. We describe seven such patients with Salmonella bacteremia, of whom two had recurrent salmonellosis. In the latter two cases the infection was unusually severe, c...