title: Typhoid polymyositis.
abstract: Four patients with typhoid polymyositis, 3 of whom were members of one family, are described. There was clinical, biochemical and histological evidence of severe muscle involvement which reversed on treatment with Chloromycetin. Muscle involvement in typhoid fever is a recognised pathological entity, but a clinical syndrome involving muscle has not previously been described.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D002701:Chloramphenicol