The first description of liver abscesses due to <i>Salmonella enterica</i> subsp. <i>enterica</i> in an African HIV-infected young woman: case report and review of the literature

Talibi Alaoui, Zahid; Arabi, Fatima; Ihbibane, Fatima; Soraa, Nabila; Tassi, Noura

doi:10.1590/S1678-9946202163072

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CASE REPORT • Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo 63 • 2021 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202163072 copy

The first description of liver abscesses due to Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica in an African HIV-infected young woman: case report and review of the literature

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ABSTRACT

Salmonella is Gram-negative bacilli that cause a foodborne infections. When the disease occurs in patients living with HIV (PLWHA), salmonellosis is an AIDS defining illness. Here we describe the case of a 26-year-old HIV-infected female patient who was hospitalized for pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, and whose explorations revealed a liver abscess due to salmonella enterica enterica that progressed well after needle aspiration and antibiotic treatment.

Salmonella; AIDS; Liver abscess; HIV; Bacteriology

Publication year	Type of HIV	CD4 count (cells/mm³)	Age (years)	Sex	Unique or multiple	Isolated from				Treatment			Outcome	Reference

						Abscess	Blood	Stool	Other	Antibiotics	Drainage	Surgery
2017	_	_	27	_	Unique	×	×			×	×	×	Good	Ladic et al.⁹
2017	_	_	53	F	Unique	×				×	×	×	Good	Tee Yu et al.¹²
2015	_	_	65	M	Multiple	×	×			×	×		Good	Kamatani et al.¹⁷
2015	_	_	64	M	Multiple				× Ascites	×			Dead	Hung et al.¹³
2014	_	_	30	M	Unique	×			× Pleura fluid	×	×		Dead	Mahajan et al.¹¹
2014	_	_	54	M	Unique	×				×	×		Dead	Imoto et al.⁸
2014	_	_	24	M	Multiple	×	×			×	×		Lost to follow-up	Jorge et al.¹⁴
2013	_	_	58	M	Unique	×	×			×	×	×	Good	Qu et al.¹⁰
2013	_	_	43	M	Unique			×		×			Good	Tulachan et al.¹⁵
2011	_	_	56	M	Unique	×				×	×		Good	Sheikh et al.⁶
2006	_	_	8	M	Multiple		×			×	×		Good	Kabra and Wadhwa¹⁶
2019	HIV-1	88	51	M	Unique	×				×	×		Good	Lin et al.³
2003	HIV-1	265	31	M	Unique	×		×		×	×		Good	Vidal et al.²
2021	HIV-1	27	26	F	Multiple	×				×	×		Good	This study

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[1] Correspondence to: Zahid Talibi Alaoui Mohammed VI University Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Avenue Ibn Sina Amerchich, 40000, Marrakech, Morocco Tel: +212 052 4300700 E-mail: zahidtalibi@gmail.com