• Serhat Avcu, Osman Menteş, Mehmet Deniz Bulut, Mahmut Sünnetçioğlu, and Mustafa Kasım Karahocagil.
• Department of Radiology, Yüzüncü Yıl University School of Medicine, Van, Turkey.
• N Am J Med Sci. 2010 Apr 1;2(4):208-10.

ContextPyogenic infections of the sacroiliac joint are observed quite rarely. The most frequent causative microorganisms are Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus species, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa that are commonly found in patients under intravenous medication. In this paper, a rare sacroiliitis case that developed due to Salmonella Typhi is discussed.Case ReportA woman at the age of twenty applied to our clinic with complaints of fever, headache and diarrhea with which she had been suffering for five days. On physical examination, she had a slight fever, with a body temperature of 38.6°C. She was hospitalized, and Salmonella Typhi was isolated from her blood culture. Later on, the patient described pain during left hip movement. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and scintigraphic examinations revealed left sacroiliitis.ConclusionAlthough sacroiliitis arising from Salmonella Typhi infection is a rare entity, it should not be ignored in patients who have a clinical history for sacroiliitis.

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