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Typhoidal focal suppurative lymphatic abscess
N P Singh1, Vikas Manchanda, Sunil Gomber
1Department of Microbiology, University College of Medical Sciences, GTB Hospital, Delhi 110095, India.
Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
|June 20, 2002
Abstract:
We describe a submandibular suppurative lymphatic abscess caused by Salmonella typhi in an 8-year-old child. The diagnosis was confirmed by repeated isolation of S. typhi from the abscess. A literature search found no previous report of a similar nature and this therefore seems to be the first case report of focal suppurative typhoidal lymphatic abscess. The child responded to cephalexin and surgical drainage.