Cardiopulmonary manifestations of typhoid fever: a prospective analysis of 65 cases in Iran.

Autor: Esmailpour N; Department of Infectious Disease, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran. esmailpour@sina.tums.ac.ir, Rasoolinejad M, Abdolbaghi MH
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Tropical doctor [Trop Doct] 2006 Apr; Vol. 36 (2), pp. 118-9.
DOI: 10.1258/004947506776593468
Abstrakt: For an evaluation of cardiopulmonary manifestations in typhoid in Iran, we studied 65 patients with positive blood or bone marrow culture for Salmonella typhi during a 2-year period. Cardiac complications were seen in 4.6% (myocarditis, pericarditis, pulmonary emboli) and pulmonary complications in 6.2%.
Databáze: MEDLINE