[A case of Salmonella paratyphi A infection in Poland].
Paratyphoid fever is an acute infection caused by Salmonella paratyphi A, B or C. The disease is transmitted from person to person by fecal-oral way. Typical for typhoid fever are splenomegaly, bradycardia, fever, constipation or mild diarrhoea oftten associated with abdominal tenderness. We present the case of patient who was infected by Salmonella paratyphi C while his travelling in Asia.
Sobczyk-Krupiarz
Iwona
I
Katedra Gastroenterologii, Hepatologii i Chorób Zakaźnych Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.
Garlicki
Aleksander
A
Biesiada
Grazyna
G
Czepiel
Jacek
J
Skwara
Paweł
P
Salamon
Dominika
D
Mach
Tomasz
T
D000328:Adult; D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010284:Paratyphoid Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D012482:Salmonella paratyphi A / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013419:Sulfamethizole / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014195:Travel; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides
D000658:Amoxicillin; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D004338:Drug Combinations; D013419:Sulfamethizole; D014295:Trimethoprim; C029078:trimethoprim sulfamethizole; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides