Unusual presentations of Salmonella Typhi infections in children.
We report on three children with Salmonella typhi presenting with fever and urticaria, thrombocytopenic purpura and meningitis. We suggest that clinicians should consider S. typhi infection as a diagnosis even when the presenting features are more typical of other illnesses.
Mittal
Sumit
S
Department of Pediatrics, Fortis Hospital, B-22 Sector 62, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Saxena
Ajit
A
Garg
Pankaj
P
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014581:Urticaria / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology