Case Report
Extraintestinal Salmonellosis in the Immunocompromised: An Unusual Case of Pyomyositis
Table 1
Initial blood test results.
(a) |
| Test | Results | Unit | Reference interval |
| White blood cell | 7 | ×109/L | 3.40–9.60 | Red blood cells | 3.06 | ×1012/L | 3.70–9.60 | Haemoglobin | 10.9 | g/dL | 10.9–15.1 | Mean cell volume | 105.6 | fL | 80.0–95.0 | Mean corpuscular haemoglobin | 35.6 | pg | 27.0–33.0 | Mean corpuscular haemoglobin Concentration | 33.7 | g/dL | 32.0–36.0 | Haematocrit | 32.3 | % | 32.7–44.4 | Platelets | 941 | ×109/L | 132–372 | Mean platelet volume | 11.7 | fL | 8.7–12.2 | Red cell distribution width | 17.8 | % | 11.4–14.8 | Sodium | 135 | mmol/L | 135–145 | Potassium | 4.0 | mmol/L | 3.5–5.0 | Chloride | 99 | mmol/L | 95–110 | Carbon dioxide | 23 | mmol/L | 22–31 | Creatinine | 113 | umol/L | 50–90 | Urea | 7.3 | mmol/L | 2.0–6.5 | Glucose | 8.6 | mmol/L | 4.0–7.8 | Albumin | 38 | g/L | 38–48 | Bilirubin, total | 2 | umol/L | 5–30 | Bilirubin, conjugated | 1 | umol/L | 0–5 | Aspartate aminotransferase | 40 | U/L | 10–50 | Alanine aminotransferase | 35 | U/L | 10–70 | Alkaline phosphatase | 99 | U/L | 40–130 | Lactate dehydrogenase | 693 | U/L | 250–580 | Calcium, total | 2.30 | mmol/L | 2.15–2.55 | C-reactive protein | 125 | mg/L | 0–10 |
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(b) |
| Blood culture | Drugs | Susceptibility | MIC |
| Blood culture grew Salmonella Group C | Ampicillin | Sensitive | ≤2 mg/L | Ceftriaxone | Sensitive | | Ciprofloxacin | Resistant | 0.500 mg/L | Cotrimoxazole | Sensitive | 40.00 mg/L |
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(c) |
| Stool culture | Drugs | Susceptibility | MIC |
| Stool culture grew Salmonella Group C | Ampicillin | Sensitive | ≤2 mg/L | Ceftriaxone | Sensitive | | Ciprofloxacin | Resistant | 0.380 mg/L | Cotrimoxazole | Sensitive | ≤20 mg/L |
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(d) |
| Stool culture | Drugs | Susceptibility | MIC |
| Stool culture grew Salmonella Group B | Ampicillin | Resistant | ≥32 mg/L | Ceftriaxone | Resistant | >256.000 | Ciprofloxacin | Sensitive | 0.008 | Cotrimoxazole | Sensitive | ≤20 mg/L | Azithromycin | sensitive | 4.000 |
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