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Case Reports
. 2012 Oct;106(6):366-9.
doi: 10.1179/2047773212Y.0000000010.

Failure of oral antibiotic therapy, including azithromycin, in the treatment of a recurrent breast abscess caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A

Shelanah Fernando  1 , Janice Gail Molland, Thomas Gottlieb
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Failure of oral antibiotic therapy, including azithromycin, in the treatment of a recurrent breast abscess caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A

Shelanah Fernando et al. Pathog Glob Health. 2012 Oct.

Abstract

We report a case of recurrent, multifocal Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A breast abscesses, resistant to ciprofloxacin, which relapsed despite surgery, aspiration and multiple courses of antibiotics, including co-trimoxazole and azithromycin. The patient was cured after a prolonged course of intravenous ceftriaxone.

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