TYPHOID FEVER COMPLICATED BY INTESTINAL PERFORATION AND MYOCARDITIS

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Case Reports1 January 1960TYPHOID FEVER COMPLICATED BY INTESTINAL PERFORATION AND MYOCARDITISJOHN D. WOFFORD, M.D., CLINTON E. WALLACE, M.D., FRED ALLISON JR., M.D.JOHN D. WOFFORD, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, CLINTON E. WALLACE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FRED ALLISON JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-52-1-259 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe reported incidence of typhoid fever has diminished greatly in the last 20 years. With public health education, accurate methods of diagnosis and the presence of efficacious antimicrobial therapy, typhoid fever does not cause the dreaded mortality rate or disastrous complications of the past. Yet severe cases of typhoid fever are occasionally encountered.The following case report is an example of an overwhelming infection due to Salmonella typhosa from which the patient recovered. The clinical course was complicated by intestinal perforation and acute pulmonary edema due to "typhoid myocarditis."CASE REPORTA critically ill 21 year old white male house...Bibliography1. Morgan HR: Pathologic changes produced in rabbits by a toxic somatic antigen derived from Eberthella typhosa , Am. J. Path. 19: 135, 1943. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. Boyd W: Textbook of pathology, 1947, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar3. Dubos RJ: Bacterial and mycotic infections of man, 1948, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia. Google Scholar4. Sodeman WA: Pathologic physiology: mechanisms of disease, 1950, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia. Google Scholar5. Thayer WS: On the late effects of typhoid fever on the heart and vessels, Am. J. M. Sc. 127: 391, 1904. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. StuartPullen BRL: Typhoid: clinical analysis of three hundred and sixty cases, Arch. Int. Med. 78: 629, 1946. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. PorterBloom WBN: The heart in typhoid fever, Am. Heart J. 10: 793, 1935. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. RachmilewitzBraun MK: Electrocardiographic changes in typhoid fever and their reversibility following niacin therapy, Am. Heart J. 36: 284, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. Mainzer F: Electrocardiographic study of typhoid myocarditis, Brit. M. J. 9: 145, 1947. Google Scholar10. Brow GR: The heart in typhoid fever, Canad. M. A. J. 20: 606-608, 1929. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. SmadelLeyDiercks JEHLFH: Treatment of typhoid fever. I. Combined therapy with cortisone and chloramphenicol, Ann. Int. Med. 34: 1, 1951. LinkGoogle Scholar12. WoodwardHallDias-RiveraHightowerMartinezParker TEHERJAERT: Treatment of typhoid fever. II. Control of clinical manifestations with cortisone, Ann. Int. Med. 34: 10, 1951. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Jackson, Mississippi*Received for publication May 3, 1958.From the Department of Medicine and the Medical Service, The University Hospital-Medical Center, The University of Mississippi.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Fred Allison, Jr., M.D., University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySurgical treatment of typhoid perforation of the intestine 1 January 1960Volume 52, Issue 1Page: 259-267KeywordsAntimicrobialsEdemaElectrocardiographyMedical servicesMyocarditisPrevention, policy, and public healthRisk managementSalmonellaThrombosisTyphoid ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1960 PDF downloadLoading ...