title: Complicated typhoid fever.
abstract: Acute typhoid fever, caused by the gram negative bacterium Salmonella typhi may have a wide spectrum of clinical presentation. We report a young boy with typhoid fever, who developed myocarditis and splenic abscess, two of the unusual complications in the course of the disease. Judicious use of corticosteroid and antibiotic helped in achieving a favourable outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Medical College, Kolkata.
authors.forename: Partha Pratim
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: Rana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhattacharjee
authors.forename: Dipanjan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents