Non-typhoidal salmonella aortitis in a transplant patient.

Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl

Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Published: October 2012

Non-typhoidal salmonella bacteremia may result in extra gastrointestinal localization of infection. Aortitis due to non-typhoidal salmonella was reported to be the cause of 38-42.5% of all infected abdominal aortitis. Underlying atherosclersis is a frequent site for salmonella aortitis. We describe here a case of possible salmonella aortitis in a renal transplant patient.

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