International Journal of Contemporary Surgery
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 2

Study on the Incidence of Salmonella Infection in Patients with Carcinoma Gall Bladder

1Post Graduate Resident, Department of Surgery, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical & Health Sciences, Dehradun, UK, India

2Professor, Department of Surgery, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical & Health Sciences, Dehradun, UK, India

*Corresponding author: Dr. Alok Vardhan Mathur, Professor, Department of Surgery, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical & Health Sciences, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, UK, India, Contact No.-+91 9412195558. Email id: dralokvardhanmathur@yahoo.combreast

Online published on 17 July, 2019.

Abstract

This study was conducted to study the association of salmonella infection with carcinoma gall bladder.

A total of 36 radiologically or histologically proven cases of Carcinoma Gall Bladder were included in the study and their thorough clinical history was taken and WIDAL titres were recorded using the ‘Stained Salmonella’ Antigen set.

The ratio of male to females among salmonella positive and salmonella negative patient were 1:3 & 1:2.2 respectively.

Keywords

Carcinoma gall bladder, Salmonella