Enteric fever in an HIV/AIDS patient: atypical manifestations

ABSTRACT

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.