Acute pancreatitis complicating typhoid fever in a 4-year-old girl.
Pancreatitis represents an extremely rare complication of typhoid fever. Herein we report the case of a 4-year-old Bangladeshi girl with acute pancreatitis caused by Salmonella typhi.
Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Kamakari, Chiba, Japan. VFF13540@nifty.ne.jp
Takeshi
T
Asano
Kentaroh
K
Kuwabara
Atsushi
A
Takagi
Takayuki
T
Hatori
Hisamitsu
H
Hamada
Taiyou
T
Imai
Osamu
O
Fujino
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications*