Salmonella Typhi–Induced Septic Shock and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a Previously Healthy Teenage Patient Treated With High-Dose Dexamethasone

Typhoid fever is commonly characterized by fever and abdominal pain. Rare complications include intestinal hemorrhage, bowel perforation, delirium, obtundation, and septic shock. Herein we describe the case of a previously healthy 16-year-old male without history of travel, diagnosed with typhoid fe...

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Autores principales: Ugas, Melissa Brosset, Carroll, Timothy, Kovar, Lacey, Chavez-Bueno, Susana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4887870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27294165
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709616652642