A 65-year-old man presented with body aches, lower back pain, intermittent lower back pain, chills, and spiking pyrexia. Physical examination Stable vital signs Temperature (38.9 °C) Soft, nontender abdomen No jaundice No Spine tenderness or limitation Laboratory examination Leukocyte: 10,100/ μ L Neutrophil: 7,400/ μ L Haemoglobin: 16.4 g/dL Platelet count: 266,000/ μ L Serum sodium: 131 mmol/L Aspartate aminotransferase: 74 U/L Alanine aminotransferase: 81 U/L Alkaline phosphatase: 101 U/L (normal: 30–110 U/L) Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR): 107mm/hr C-reactive protein (CRP): 17.4 mg/dL Abdominal CT images have been provided. Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis was isolated from his blood culture.
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