An unusual paratyphoid fever

R Biswas; A Bhardwaj; R Aggrawal; C Pai; G Krishnanand; T Sen; K J Shetty

An unusual paratyphoid fever

J Assoc Physicians India. 2001 Apr:49:477-8.

Authors

R Biswas¹, A Bhardwaj, R Aggrawal, C Pai, G Krishnanand, T Sen, K J Shetty

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Manipal College of Medical Sciences--Teaching Hospital, Phulbari--Pokhara, Nepal.

PMID: 11762624

Abstract

Salmonella typhi is known to produce acalculous cholecystitis and related gall bladder perforation. Following is a documentation of a patient of sub-phrenic abscess and gall bladder perforation which was possibly a result of Salmonella paratyphi A.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy, Needle
Cholecystectomy / methods
Cholecystitis / complications*
Cholecystitis / diagnosis*
Cholecystitis / surgery
Fever of Unknown Origin / etiology*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Laparotomy
Male
Middle Aged
Paratyphoid Fever / complications*
Paratyphoid Fever / diagnosis*
Rupture, Spontaneous
Salmonella paratyphi A / isolation & purification*
Subphrenic Abscess / complications*
Subphrenic Abscess / diagnosis*
Ultrasonography