Salmonella gastroenteritis complicated with bacteremia and ruptured cholangitis in an infant with congenital choledochal cyst.
Choledochal cyst perforation associated with bacteria is very rare. An 11-month-old infant was admitted to hospital because of fever and bloody diarrhea. Abdominal ultrasonogram revealed a choledochal cyst. Despite antibiotic treatment with initial improvement, jaundice and abdominal tenderness developed 6 days later. Ultrasonography-guided aspiration yielded bile-stained ascites. Emergency operation confirmed the diagnosis of choledochal cyst with perforation. Blood, stool, and bile juice cultures all yielded Salmonella typhimurium. To our knowledge, it is rare that a child with choledochal cyst has systemic infection with S. typhimurium and cyst perforation. We propose that systemic Salmonella infection carries a risk of cyst perforation in patients with congenital choledochal cyst.
Lai
Chi-Yin
CY
Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Huang
Li-Tung
LT
Ko
Sheung-Fat
SF
Chuang
Jiin-Haur
JH
Lin
Jui-Wei
JW
Tiao
Mao-Meng
MM
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications*; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000150:complications*; D015529:Choledochal Cyst / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000150:complications*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium