IJCRR - 8(5), March, 2016
Pages: 10-12
A RARE CASE OF BREAST ABSCESS DUE TO SALMONELLA TYPHI
Author: N. Murugesan, R. Alagar samy, M. S. Viswanathan, A. Anbazhagan
Category: Healthcare
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Abstract:
Breast abscess is a common clinical condition in the young reproductive age group and is mainly caused by gram positive cocci and anaerobes .The incidence of breast abscess in a patient with typhoid is 0.3%-0.9% in females. Here we report a 60 year old diabetic female patient admitted with history of fever for 10 days followed by pain and lump in the right breast for two days. She gave no history of taking any antibiotics. On admission she was afebrile, a lump of size 7×5 cm in the upper outer quadrant of right breast, firm in consistency without any signs of inflammation. Ultrasonagram of the right breast revealed a breast abscess. Incision and drainage procedure was done and the pus sent for culture and sensitivity test. Salmonella typhi was isolated as the only infective agent from the pus and was sensitive to ampicillin-sulbactum and amikacin. The patient had no evidence of systemic typhoid (negative widal and Blood culture). The patient recovered completely with drainage under antibiotic cover. The case is being presented for its rarity.
Keywords: Breast abscess, Salmonella typhi, Widal test, Typhoid fever
Citation:
N. Murugesan, R. Alagar samy, M. S. Viswanathan, A. Anbazhagan. A RARE CASE OF BREAST ABSCESS DUE TO SALMONELLA TYPHI International Journal of Current Research and Review. 8(5), March, 10-12
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