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Enteric fever in an HIV/AIDS patient: Atypical manifestations

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Bloodstream infections with Salmonella typhi, is uncommon in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons. The symptoms in such patients are often non-specific and have a rather insidious onset and progression. We report a patient with sepsis and lower limb gangrene due to Salmonella typhi infection in an HIV-infected patient.

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Chatterjee M, Chakraborty B, Chatterjee S, Bose M, Mukherjee K, Basu A, Das S, Banerjee M, Ghosh U. Enteric fever in an HIV/AIDS patient: Atypical manifestations. Iran J Microbiol. 1;4(3):150-152.