Acute acalculous cholecystitis complicating typhoid fever in an adult patient: A case report and review of the literature

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 203-206

  khan, Fahmi Yousef ^a   Elouzi, Elhadi B ^a   Asif, Mohamed ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Acute acalculous cholecystitis; Typhoid fever; Typhoidal acalculous cholecystitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 69249213500     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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