title: Unusual presentations of Salmonella Typhi infections in children.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Fortis Hospital, B-22 Sector 62, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
authors.forename: Sumit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mittal
authors.forename: Ajit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garg
mesh_terms: 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