The Vanishing Infarct: A Rare Presentation of MERS Due to Salmonella Infection in Middle-Aged Patient

J Assoc Physicians India. 2024 Dec;72(12):e52-e53. doi: 10.59556/japi.72.0765.

Abstract

Enteric fever is caused by Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi A and B, which can present clinically with variety of symptoms. We report a case of a middle-aged gentleman with salmonella infection who developed reversible corpus callosum splenium infarcts, which is an unusual presentation of enteric fever. The condition was reversed with antibiotics routinely used to treat enteric fever in the country.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents* / therapeutic use
  • Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis
  • Cerebral Infarction / etiology
  • Corpus Callosum / diagnostic imaging
  • Corpus Callosum / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Salmonella Infections / complications
  • Salmonella Infections / diagnosis
  • Salmonella Infections / drug therapy
  • Salmonella typhi / isolation & purification
  • Typhoid Fever* / complications
  • Typhoid Fever* / diagnosis
  • Typhoid Fever* / drug therapy

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents