Salmonella infection and Aortic Aneurysm in an HIV positive patient: a clinical case

Authors

  • Ana Carla Camões Interna do Internato Complementar de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Medicina 1do Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa
  • Sandra Marques Interna do Internato Complementar de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Medicina 1do Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa
  • Assistente Hospitalar Graduada de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Medicina 1do Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa
  • José António Malhado Chefe de Serviço de Medicina Interna Serviço de Medicina 1do Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa

Keywords:

Salmonella Tiphi, Salmonella sp’s complications, aortic aneurysm, HIV

Abstract

Typhoid fever remains a global public health problem in many
developing countries. However in Mediterranean and industrialized
countries, the disease occurs not only as a result of Salmonella
Tiphi outbreaks but also travelling to endemic areas. The preva- outbreaks but also travelling to endemic areas. The prevalence of Salmonella Tiphi and HIV (Human Imunodefi ciency V and HIV (Human Imunodefi ciency V and HIV (Human Imunodeficiency Vírus)
in our country is rarely mentioned in our literature. The authors
describe a clinical case report of Typhoid fever in an AIDS patient,
which was complicated by an aortic aneurysm.

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2004-06-30

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Camões AC, Marques S, Maria Helena, Malhado JA. Salmonella infection and Aortic Aneurysm in an HIV positive patient: a clinical case. RPMI [Internet]. 2004 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];12(2):67-70. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/1679

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