title: Near-fatal myocarditis complicating typhoid fever in a traveler returning from Nepal.
abstract: We report a 27-year-old traveler who returned from Nepal suffering from typhoid fever. His disease was complicated by life-threatening myocarditis and ventricular fibrillation, a rare manifestation in travelers.
authors.affiliation: Center for Geographic Medicine and Department of Medicine C, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palombo
authors.forename: Reuma
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Margalit-Yehuda
authors.forename: Eyal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leshem
authors.forename: Yechezkel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sidi
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D017963:Azithromycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D057915:Drug Substitution; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D009390:Nepal; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014195:Travel; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D017963:Azithromycin