Tuberc Respir Dis.  1997 Dec;44(6):1414-1418.

A Case of Bronchitis and Bronchial Dysplasia Associated with Typhoid Fever

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  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Yeung-Nam University College of Medicine, Taegu, Korea.

Abstract

Typhoid fever is an acute systemic febrile disease caused by Salmonella typhi. The classic picture of the disease consists of prolonged continuous or remitting fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea, rose spots and delirium. Salmonella infection can lead to diffuse organ involvement, including bone, lung, thyroid, kidney, liver, spleen, heart, pericardium, intestine and skin and cause a variety of complications. Pulmonary manifestations occur in only 1 percent of the patients. Mild cough with sticky sputum is the earliest symptom and bronchitis, pneumonia and lung abscess were presented. Recenfly we experienced a case of typhoid fever complicated by bronchitis, dysplasia in a 37-year-old male physician who was improved with ceftriaxone and ciprofloxacin We report this case with a review of the literature.

Keyword

Typhoid fever; Bronchitis; Dysplasia

MeSH Terms

Abdominal Pain
Adult
Bronchitis*
Ceftriaxone
Ciprofloxacin
Cough
Delirium
Diarrhea
Fever
Heart
Humans
Intestines
Kidney
Liver
Lung
Lung Abscess
Male
Pericardium
Pneumonia
Salmonella Infections
Salmonella typhi
Skin
Spleen
Sputum
Thyroid Gland
Typhoid Fever*
Ceftriaxone
Ciprofloxacin
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