Case Report: Near-Fatal Intestinal Hemorrhage and Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis due to Vi-Negative and Fluoroquinolone-Insensitive Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Infection: A Rare Entity

Case Report: Near-Fatal Intestinal Hemorrhage and Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis due to Vi-Negative and Fluoroquinolone-Insensitive Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Infection: A Rare Entity

Typhoid fever is usually a mild clinical disease. Typhoid fever with massive intestinal hemorrhage is rare in the antibiotic era. Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is also rare in adults. Here, we describe the first adult case of typhoid fever with both complications due to Vi-negative and fluoro...

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Main Authors: Yuehua Gong, Jianlin Li, Dongnan Zhu, Songsong Wang, Yingchun Xu, Yan Li, Yanqing Wang, Yan Song, Wenjuan Liu, Yunlong Tian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
Salmonella
intestinal hemorrhage
acute acalculous cholecystitis
Vi-negative
antimicrobial resistant
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.666643/full

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