Frontiers in Medicine (Aug 2021)

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

  • Yuehua Gong,
  • Jianlin Li,
  • Dongnan Zhu,
  • Songsong Wang,
  • Yingchun Xu,
  • Yan Li,
  • Yanqing Wang,
  • Yan Song,
  • Wenjuan Liu,
  • Yunlong Tian

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.666643
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8

Abstract

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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 fluoroquinolone-insensitive Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) infection. We aim to alert physicians to this rare condition.

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