Early small bowel perforation and cochleovestibular impairment as rare complications of typhoid fever

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 265-268

  van Wolfswinkel, Marlies E ^a   Lahri, Hakima ^a   Wismans, Pieter J ^a   Petit, Pieter L C ^b   van Genderen, Perry J J ^a  

^a Harbour Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cochleovestibular impairment; Nalidixic acid resistance; Salmonella enterica serovar typhi; Small bowel perforation; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEOVESTIBULAR IMPAIRMENT; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIAN; MALAISE; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGOR; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; TYPHOID FEVER; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COCHLEAR DISEASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NALIDIXIC ACID; NETHERLANDS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69749117962     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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