Surgical Site Infection by Salmonella Typhimurium Following Breast Cancers Surgery & Topical Herbal Medicine Use: A Case Report & Review of the Literature

Abstract

This is a report of breast abscess due to Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium from Saudi Arabia in a 54 years old lady with breast cancer after modified radical mastectomy. Applying contaminated herbal material on the wound could be the main cause of wound infection and localized abscess by Salmonella enterica. Breast abscess or wound infection due to non-typhoidal Salmonella is very rare.