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Typhoid appendicitis and ‘the man from Istanbul’

Author(s) -

Angelina Mendos,

Sanjay A Pai

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

the national medical journal of india

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 41

ISSN - 0970-258X

DOI - 10.25259/nmji_875_21

Subject(s) - typhoid fever , salmonella typhi , appendicitis , salmonella enterica , medicine , girl , enteric fever , serotype , salmonella , appendix , microbiology and biotechnology , general surgery , pathology , immunology , biology , bacteria , paleontology , biochemistry , genetics , escherichia coli , gene

We describe typhoid appendicitis in a 19-year-old girl. The appendix showed aggregates of macrophages in the mucosa and in the wall. Blood culture yielded Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi. The presence of macrophages in an appendicectomy specimen should prompt the pathologist to consider the possibility of typhoid fever, even in the absence of supporting microbiological investigations.

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