Salmonella typhi pneumonia without gastrointestinal manifestations.
Salmonella typhi bacilli were isolated from the pleural aspirate and the blood culture of an 8-year-old girl who presented with clinical and roentgenographic alveolar pneumonia. There was no accompanying gastrointestinal manifestation. The literature on pneumonia in typhoid fever is briefly reviewed.
D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*