Splenic infarction and spontaneous rupture in a patient with paratyphoid.

Paratyphoid is caused by Salmonella enterica serotype paratyphi A, B or C. There are only subtle clinical differences between the typhoid and paratyphoid but there is no difference between the response to therapy or frequency of complications [1]. Splenic infarction is an identified complication of typhoid and paratyphoid [2, 3]. However, there are only a few reports of spontaneous splenic rupture due to typhoid but hardly any due to paratyphoid [4, 5]. We describe a patient with paratyphoid A, who developed splenic infarction and subsequent rupture.