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Query: UMLS:C0000729 (abdominal cramps)
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A 25-year-old Syrian presented complaining mainly of fever, night sweats and nausea. He had 3 days earlier mild abdominal cramps and short-lived diarrhoea. On admission, he developed signs of deep vein thrombosis and blood and stool cultures showed Salmonella enteriditis infection. The patient was started on chloramphenicol and later showed acute abdominal signs. Laparotomy revealed intestinal perforation on the lower ileum. The case together with the experience in this hospital and elsewhere of Salmonella enteriditis infections are discussed, showing that two complications shown in this case are common for Salmonella typhi and paratyphi infections but are unusual for other Salmonella infections.
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PMID:Unusual complications of Salmonella enteriditis group D infection. 304 8