Open AccessNear‐Fatal Myocarditis Complicating Typhoid Fever in a Traveler Returning From Nepal
Author(s) -
Michal Palombo,
Reuma MargalitYehuda,
Eyal Leshem,
Yechezkel Sidi,
Eli Schwartz
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of travel medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1708-8305
pISSN - 1195-1982
DOI - 10.1111/jtm.12048
Subject(s) - typhoid fever , medicine , myocarditis , travel medicine , atrial fibrillation , enteric fever , disease , pediatrics , virology , pathology
We report a 27-year-old traveler who returned from Nepal suffering from typhoid fever. His disease was complicated by life-threatening myocarditis and ventricular fibrillation, a rare manifestation in travelers.
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