J. M. PocockP. A. KhunC. E. MooreS. VuthyN. StoesserC. M. ParryAddenbrooke's HospitalUniversity of CambridgeAngkor Hospital for ChildrenMahidol UniversityUniversity of Oxford2018-11-092018-11-092014-01-01Paediatrics and International Child Health. Vol.34, No.3 (2014), 227-22920469055204690472-s2.0-84905086955https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/34785Septic arthritis is a rare complication of typhoid fever. A 12-year-old boy without pre-existing disease attended a paediatric hospital in Cambodia with fever and left hip pain. A hip synovial fluid aspirate grew multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica ser. Typhi with intermediate susceptibility to ciprofloxacin. Arthrotomy, 2 weeks of intravenous ceftriaxone and 4 weeks of oral azithromycin led to resolution of symptoms. The optimum management of septic arthritis in drug-resistant typhoid is undefined. © W. S. Maney & Son Ltd 2014.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS10.1179/2046905514Y.0000000123