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Acute epididymo-orchitis due to Salmonella Typhi in a young man from Bangladesh

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S. typhi infection rarely involves the genitourinary system. We report the first described case of acute epididymo-orchitis due to S. typhi in a 14-year-old boy from Bangladesh. A high index of suspicion should be maintained when evaluating patients coming from endemic countries also in case of unusual sites of infection.

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  • 25 March 2019

    The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. Arnaldo Caruso was not listed among the authors.

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  1. Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Spedali Civili, Piazzale Spedali Civili, 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy

    Giulia Gardini, Agnese Comelli, Lina Tomasoni & Francesco Castelli

  2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Spedali Civili, Piazzale Spedali Civili, 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy

    Silvia Pecorelli, Filippo Parolini & Daniele Alberti

  3. Department of Microbiology and Virology, Spedali Civili, Piazzale Spedali Civili, 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy

    Ramona Pezzotta, Simona Fiorentini & Arnaldo Caruso

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Gardini, G., Comelli, A., Pecorelli, S. et al. Acute epididymo-orchitis due to Salmonella Typhi in a young man from Bangladesh. Infection 47, 857–860 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-019-01280-y

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