Splenic abscess with salmonella enteritidis following marsupialization of a splenic cyst

• Main Authors: Yolla Youssef (Author), Lena Naffaa (Author), Sarah Chamseddine (Author), Ahmad Zaghal (Author), Mohammad Khalife (Author), Nadine Yazbeck (Author), Ghassan Dbaibo (Author), Rima Hanna-Wakim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Splenic abscess in the setting of salmonella infection is a rare entity, which has been reported during the course of typhoid fever. We describe the presentation of a healthy 11 year-old boy who had abdominal pain, incidental finding of splenic cyst and who developed Salmonella enteritidis gastroent...