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Acute pancreatitis complicating typhoid fever in a 4‐year‐old girl
Author(s) -
ASANO TAKESHI,
KUWABARA KENTAROH,
TAKAGI ATSUSHI,
HATORI TAKAYUKI,
HAMADA HISAMITSU,
IMAI TAIYOU,
FUJINO OSAMU
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2007.02465.x
Subject(s) - medicine , typhoid fever , girl , salmonella typhi , acute pancreatitis , pancreatitis , enteric fever , complication , pediatrics , surgery , virology , psychology , developmental psychology , biochemistry , chemistry , escherichia coli , gene
Pancreatitis represents an extremely rare complication of typhoid fever. Herein we report the case of a 4-year-old Bangladeshi girl with acute pancreatitis caused by Salmonella typhi.