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Haemorrhagic cellulitis caused by Salmonella enteritidis.

Santos-Juanes J, Lopez-Escobar M, Galache C, Telenti M, Vidau P, Badillo A, Rio JS

Department of Dermatology-II, The Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain. jocris@terra.com

Soft tissue infections are rare manifestations of extra-intestinal salmonellosis and occur more frequently in immunocompromized patients [1-4]. We report haemorrhagic cellulitis in an immunosuppressed patient with sepsis caused by a non-typhoid Salmonella.

Published 4 April 2005 in Scand J Infect Dis, 37(4): 309-10.
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