Multiorgan involvement due to Salmonella typhi: case report.
A 12-year-old male presented with osteomyelitis and poliarthritis; after hospitalisation he developed subcutaneous abscesses, endocarditis and pericarditis. The diagnosis of typhoid fever was made when blood cultures grew Salmonella typhi. The patient was cured with a regimen of ceftriaxone and ciprofloxacin.
St Francis Hospital, Buluba, Uganda, Catalan Association for the Control of Tuberculosis in the Third World (ACTMON), Barcelona, Spain.
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D001168:Arthritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D002443:Ceftriaxone