Acute pancreatitis complicating typhoid fever in a 4-year-old girl

Takeshi Asano; Kentaroh Kuwabara; Atsushi Takagi; Takayuki Hatori; Hisamitsu Hamada; Taiyou Imai; Osamu Fujino

doi:10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02465.x

Acute pancreatitis complicating typhoid fever in a 4-year-old girl

Pediatr Int. 2007 Dec;49(6):1004-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02465.x.

Authors

Takeshi Asano¹, Kentaroh Kuwabara, Atsushi Takagi, Takayuki Hatori, Hisamitsu Hamada, Taiyou Imai, Osamu Fujino

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Kamakari, Chiba, Japan. VFF13540@nifty.ne.jp

PMID: 18045312
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02465.x

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Pancreatitis / diagnostic imaging
Pancreatitis / etiology*
Radiography
Typhoid Fever / complications*