Acute acalculous cholecystitis: A rare complication of typhoid fever

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 327-328

  Inian, Geetha ^a   Kanagalakshmi, V ^a   Kuruvilla, P J ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute acalculous cholecystitis; Cholecystitis; Salmonella; Typhoid fever; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER; VOMITING;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 33645739966     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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