Unusual clinical presentation of bone and joint infections caused by Salmonella typhi

Abstract

Salmonella osteomyelitis usually develops in immunocompromised patients, mostly in the ones with sickle cell disease. Two cases of bone and joint infections due to Salmonella typhi in Bone marrow aspiration cytology stained by Wright stain demonstrated presence otherwise healthy children are being reported to highlight the unusual presentation of this organism. Salmonella etiology was not suspected and diagnosis was made only after culture isolation. Both were treated successfully with antibiotics.