title: Cardiopulmonary manifestations of typhoid fever: a prospective analysis of 65 cases in Iran.
abstract: For an evaluation of cardiopulmonary manifestations in typhoid in Iran, we studied 65 patients with positive blood or bone marrow culture for Salmonella typhi during a 2-year period. Cardiac complications were seen in 4.6% (myocarditis, pericarditis, pulmonary emboli) and pulmonary complications in 6.2%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran. esmailpour@sina.tums.ac.ir
authors.forename: Negin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Esmailpour
authors.forename: Mehrnaz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rasoolinejad
authors.forename: Mahboobeh Haji
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Abdolbaghi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications*