Cardiopulmonary manifestations of typhoid fever: a prospective analysis of 65 cases in Iran.
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%.
Esmailpour
Negin
N
Department of Infectious Disease, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran. esmailpour@sina.tums.ac.ir
Rasoolinejad
Mehrnaz
M
Abdolbaghi
Mahboobeh Haji
MH
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*