title: Typhoid fever with very high transaminase levels.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Seçmeer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kanra
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ecevit
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ceyhan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dursun
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Anlar
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase