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We report a case of acute gastroenteritis caused by\n                    <jats:italic>Salmonella enterica<\/jats:italic>\n                    serovar Infantis in a 53-year-old male from South India. The patient presented with acute-onset watery diarrhoea for six days associated with intermittent fever and recent outside food consumption. Stool culture yielded non-lactose fermenting colonies identified by automated identification using the VITEK-2 Compact system as\n                    <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>\n                    group, which was subsequently confirmed as\n                    <jats:italic>Salmonella enterica<\/jats:italic>\n                    serovar Infantis by the National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections, Kolkata, India. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing revealed susceptibility to ceftriaxone, cefepime, carbapenems, ciprofloxacin, and trimethoprim\/sulfamethoxazole, while resistance to aminoglycosides and cefuroxime-axetil was observed. The patient improved clinically with ceftriaxone therapy and supportive management. This case highlights the emerging clinical importance of\n                    <jats:italic>S. 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