Typhoid fever with very high transaminase levels.
Typhoid fever is endemic in developing countries and may cause very different clinical findings. Although hepatic involvement and abnormal liver function tests may be seen in 50% of the patients, intravascular hemolysis and renal involvement are rare. In this report, a 10-year-old patient with enteric fever presenting with hepatitis, severe intravascular hemolysis and glomerulonephritis is presented. To see all of these findings together in a patient with typhoid fever is very rare and may cause diagnostic difficulties.
Ozen
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Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara.
Seçmeer
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Kanra
G
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Ecevit
Z
Z
Ceyhan
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M
Dursun
A
A
Anlar
Y
Y
D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood*; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000209:etiology; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications / Q000201:enzymology*
D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase