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Pneumonia with pleural empyema caused by Salmonella Typhi in an immunocompetent child living in a non-endemic country
- Source :
- Paediatrics and international child health. 38(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Extra-intestinal complications of Salmonella Typhi (S. Typhi) infections usually occur in endemic countries and in patients with underlying risk conditions. A 14-year-old immunocompetent girl was admitted with respiratory distress owing to S. Typhi pneumonia and pleural empyema. She was a native of Ivory Coast but had lived in France for 4 years and had not travelled abroad for several years. There were no gastro-intestinal symptoms and no S. Typhi carriage was detected in her family. She recovered completely with ceftriaxone and ciprofloxacin and pleural drainage was not required. An atypical presentation of S. Typhi should be considered even in settings where there are no risk factors.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
030106 microbiology
Salmonella typhi
complex mixtures
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Ciprofloxacin
Internal medicine
medicine
Pneumonia, Bacterial
Humans
Non endemic
030212 general & internal medicine
Typhoid Fever
Intensive care medicine
Empyema, Pleural
Respiratory distress
business.industry
Pleural empyema
Ceftriaxone
bacterial infections and mycoses
medicine.disease
respiratory tract diseases
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Pneumonia
Carriage
Treatment Outcome
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
bacteria
Drainage
Female
France
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20469055
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Paediatrics and international child health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1ae6b5ae3ffbcf281c3d5a6b69f38e5f