title: Suppurative Granulomatous Cholecystitis in a Pediatric Chronic Carrier with Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
abstract: Bacterial infection of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi is rare in the United States but endemic in many developing countries. Approximately 3-5% of patients become chronic asymptomatic carriers. We describe an atypical presentation of S. enterica serotype Typhi infection in a 10-year-old male, whose cholecystechtomy and bile culture revealed chronic carrier status despite negative stool tests and the absence of gallstones. The gallbladder showed marked thickening of the wall with an intense suppurative granulomatous reaction.
authors.affiliation: a Pathology and Pediatrics , Children's Healthcare of Atlanta , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Haley K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.affiliation: a Pathology and Pediatrics , Children's Healthcare of Atlanta , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Karly N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Hampshire
authors.affiliation: a Pathology and Pediatrics , Children's Healthcare of Atlanta , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Nasim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khoshnam
authors.affiliation: a Pathology and Pediatrics , Children's Healthcare of Atlanta , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Aleena A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: a Pathology and Pediatrics , Children's Healthcare of Atlanta , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jerris
authors.affiliation: b Pathology , Children's Healthcare of Atlanta , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Carlos R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Abramowsky
authors.affiliation: b Pathology , Children's Healthcare of Atlanta , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Bahig M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Shehata
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006099:Granuloma / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012485:Salmonella typhi; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Cholecystitis; Chronic Carrier; Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi