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Description

Salmonella aortitis can be diagnosed if certain criteria are present.


 

The diagnosis of definite Salmonella aortitis requires isolation of Salmonella species from a culture of the aorta or an aortic thrombus.

 

Probable Salmonella aortitis - both of the following:

(1) positive blood culture for Salmonella species

(2) one or more of the following:

(2a) prolonged fever after gastroenteritis with a known or palpable aortic aneurysm

(2b) pain in the back, abdomen and/or chest not previously present

(2c) vertebral osteomyelitis and/or paravertebral mass

 


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