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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2003;46(6):602-605. Published online June 15, 2003.

A Case of Scrotal Abscess Associated with Gastroenteritis and Sepsis due to Salmonella Group D in a One Month Old Infant

You Sun YS Choi¹, Yoon Suk YS Jung¹, Sun Il SI Kim², Sung Hee SH Oh¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence Sung Hee SH Oh ,Email: sungheeo@email.hanyang.ac.kr

Abstract

Acute gastroenteritis due to Salmonella species, which usually improves on conservative treatment, can progress to sepsis and extraintestinal focal infection in very young infants. Frequent sites for extraintestinal infections are meninges, bone, joints, spleen and intravascular sites but scrotal abscess due to salmonella in children has been very rare. Literature search revealed only one newborn case of scrotal abscess with bacteremia due to salmonella group D which developed after circumcision. We, herein, report a 42 day old infant who initally presented with diarrhea that progressed to sepsis and scrotal abscess. Despite the use of susceptible antibiotics, the patient improved only after surgical drainage.

Keywords :Scrotal abscess, Salmonella group D, Infant