Abstract

A 56‐year‐old man was admitted to the Misato‐Junshin Hospital because of severe melena, fever, and abdominal pain. He had never traveled outside of Japan. Colonoscopic examinations revealed multiple round ulcers extending from the cecum to the proximal transverse colon. Cultures of stools and arterial blood were positive for Salmonella typhi, confirming a diagnosis of typhoid fever. The patient responded to treatment with oral neuquinoron antibiotics, tosufloxacin tosilate.

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