Case Reports
Late Recurrent Salmonella Sacroiliac Osteomyelitis With Psoas Abscess in a Non-Sickle Cell Adult: Case Report
Am J Orthop. 2007 January;36(1):E5-E6
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Robert N. Reddix, Jr., MD, Jean-Paul Montoya, MD, and Douglas L. Hurley, MD
At the time this article was written, Dr. Reddix was Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Dr. Montoya was Fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases, Scott & White Clinic and Memorial Hospital, Scott, Sherwood and Brindley Foundation, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, Texas.
Dr. Reddix is now Trauma Instructor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Winston Salem, University Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest, North Carolina.
Dr. Montoya is now in private practice, Jacksonville Florida.
Dr. Hurley is Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Scott & White Clinic and Memorial Hospital, Scott, Sherwood and Brindley Foundation, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, Texas.
Abstract not available. Introduction provided instead.
A review of the literature demonstrates few cases of Salmonella sacroiliac osteomyelitis in a non–sickle cell patient and few cases of primary Salmonella iliopsoas abscesses.1-6 We report the first case involving both entities concurrently in the same non–sickle cell patient.