Invasive Salmonellosis by the Very Rare Salmonella choleraesuis in a Returning Traveler on a Tumor Necrosis Factor- α

Uzoamaka A Eke1, Harry Conte2, Paula Anderson3

  • 1Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.

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