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Here we present the case of a 78-year-old man with a rare manifestation of a paravertebral abscess in the thoracolumbar spine caused by <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic> Dublin.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title><jats:p>The patient had a history of spinal tuberculosis and poorly controlled diabetes. The abscess was successfully managed by drainage, and a 12-week course of moxifloxacin resulted in complete recovery. <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic> Dublin was identified using culture-based serotyping. The patient resided in an environment where cattle farming is common; he consumed raw beef and unpasteurized milk, suggesting a potential source of infection.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Increasing the awareness of <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic> Dublin as a potential cause of spinal abscesses is important, particularly in patients with structural spinal abnormalities. The timely initiation of appropriate antimicrobial therapy based on susceptibility testing is recommended. This case highlights the pathogenic potential of <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic> Dublin and emphasizes the importance of effectively managing invasive <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic> infections.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmed.2023.1276360","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,23]],"date-time":"2023-11-23T15:09:21Z","timestamp":1700752161000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Case report: Uncommon presentation of Salmonella Dublin infection as a large paravertebral abscess"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Kang","family":"An","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zengxiang","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cejun","family":"Zhong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shuangqing","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"252","DOI":"10.1016\/j.prevetmed.2007.05.022","article-title":"The characterization of Salmonella serovars isolated from apparently healthy slaughtered pigs at Addis Ababa abattoir, Ethiopia","volume":"82","author":"Aragaw","year":"2007","journal-title":"Prev Vet Med"},{"key":"ref2","first-page":"2468","article-title":"Prevalence of Salmonella in chicken meat and its slaughtering place from local markets in Orathanadu, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu","volume-title":"J Entomol Zool Stud","author":"Balakrishnan","year":"2018"},{"key":"ref3","first-page":"7","article-title":"Epidemiology of salmonella and its serotypes in human, food animals, foods of animal origin, animal feed and environment","volume":"2","author":"Tegegne","year":"2019","journal-title":"Allied Academies"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"250","DOI":"10.1016\/j.aninu.2018.04.006","article-title":"Animals as sources of food-borne pathogens: a review","volume":"4","author":"Heredia","year":"2018","journal-title":"Anim Nutr"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"472","DOI":"10.1186\/s13104-019-4516-5","article-title":"Antibiograms and risk factors of Salmonella isolates from laying hens and eggs in Jimma town, South Western Ethiopia","volume":"12","author":"Taddese","year":"2019","journal-title":"BMC Res Notes"},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2078","DOI":"10.1128\/JCM.00399-14","article-title":"Integrative analysis of salmonellosis in Israel reveals association of Salmonella enterica Serovar 9,12:l,v\u2013 with extraintestinal infections, dissemination of endemic S. enterica Serovar typhimurium DT104 biotypes, and severe underreporting of outbreaks","volume":"52","author":"Marzel","year":"2014","journal-title":"J Clin Microbiol"},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1312","DOI":"10.1016\/S1473-3099(19)30418-9","article-title":"The global burden of non-typhoidal salmonella invasive disease: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2017","volume":"19","author":"Stanaway","year":"2019","journal-title":"Lancet Infect Dis"},{"key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"939","DOI":"10.1016\/S1473-3099(22)00347-4","article-title":"Non-typhoidal salmonella invasive infections in China","volume":"22","author":"Hu","year":"2022","journal-title":"Lancet Infect Dis"},{"key":"ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2489","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(11)61752-2","article-title":"Invasive non-typhoidal salmonella disease: An emerging and neglected tropical disease in Africa","volume":"379","author":"Feasey","year":"2012","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"941.e9","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cmi.2019.11.015","article-title":"Changing epidemiology of invasive non-typhoid Salmonella infection: a nationwide population-based registry study","volume":"26","author":"Mughini-Gras","year":"2020","journal-title":"Clin Microbiol Infect"},{"key":"ref11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1107","DOI":"10.1093\/cid\/cis600","article-title":"In vitro susceptibility testing of fluoroquinolone activity against Salmonella: recent changes to CLSI standards","volume":"55","author":"Humphries","year":"2012","journal-title":"Clin Infect Dis"},{"key":"ref12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1128","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM195706132562402","article-title":"Clinical manifestations of salmonellosis in man; 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