Salmonella enteritidis bacteraemia in a thalassemia major patient; a case report

Case Report Non-typhoidal (NTS) species are important food borne pathogens with acute gastroenteritis being the most common clinical manifestation. However, (NTS) is increasingly recognized as an important pathogen associated with bacteraemia especially for patients with risk factors such as immunosuppression, haemoglobinopathies and extremes of age (1). Invasion beyond the gastrointestinal tract occurs in approximately 5% of the patients with NTS gastroenteritis resulting in bacteraemia (2) while enteritidis showing the highest blood invasiveness (3). is usually transmitted to humans by contaminated foods of animal origin and healthy person's risk for infection is low. The overall mortality rate has been reported to be 15% in children with extra intestinal NTS infections (4).We report a case of causing bacteraemia in a childwith thalassaemiamajor.