Spontaneous splenic rupture in typhoid fever

Postgrad Med J. 1994 Jul;70(825):513-4. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.70.825.513.

Abstract

Three cases of multidrug-resistant Salmonella typhi infection presenting as spontaneous splenic rupture are presented. One patient died and two recovered completely. This is a previously unreported presentation of typhoid fever.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Salmonella typhi / drug effects
  • Splenic Rupture / microbiology*
  • Typhoid Fever / complications*