An uncommon complication of Salmonella paratyphi A infection.

Subsequent to submission of the above article (which was published in the June 2010 issue of the Journal) [1], our patient was readmitted to hospital 3 weeks following discharge with fever and chills, suggestive of a clinical relapse of infective endocarditis [2]. Echocardiography showed reappearance of vegetations on the mitral valve. However, three blood cultures were negative. The patient was treated with intravenous ceftrioxone 1 g twice daily for 6 weeks and recovered completely.