Spontaneous splenic rupture in a child with murine typhus.
A 10-year-old boy hospitalized with murine typhus infection had splenic rupture as a complication. Surgical intervention was not required. He recovered and was discharged a week after admission. This is the first reported case of spontaneous splenic rupture in a child with murine typhus.
Fergie
Jaime
J
Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX 78411, USA. Jamie.Fergie@dchstx.org
Purcell
Kevin
K
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000209:etiology*; D014437:Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / Q000150:complications*