tropical lung disease Pulmonary
Manifestations
of Typhoid Fever*
Two Case Reports and a Review of the Literature Adarsh M. Sharma, M.D.; and Om P. Sharma, M.D., F.C .C.P.
(Chest 1992; 101:1144-46) AFB =acid-fast bacilli; BAL = bronchoalveolar lavage; CMV = cytomegalovirus; HIV =human immunodeficiency virus; PTT =partial thromboplastin time
fever is an acute systemic disease caused T yphoid by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the organism Salnwnella typhi. The infection is endemic in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. However, with the advent of new migration patterns and increased intercontinental travels, the disease has started to appear, albeit sporadically, in non-endemic areas of the world. In the United States about 500 cases of S typhi infection are reported each year. About three quarters of these are associated with foreign travels or residence in an endemic area. We present two reports of typhoid fever involving the lung.
lower lobe consolidation. His HIV antilxKiy test Wrted to be normal. Bone marrow aspiration revealed no ~ranulomas. Coombs test was mildly JK>sitive. The patient rt>sJKmded to
Manifestations
of Typhoid Fever*
Two Case Reports and a Review of the Literature Adarsh M. Sharma, M.D.; and Om P. Sharma, M.D., F.C .C.P.
(Chest 1992; 101:1144-46) AFB =acid-fast bacilli; BAL = bronchoalveolar lavage; CMV = cytomegalovirus; HIV =human immunodeficiency virus; PTT =partial thromboplastin time
fever is an acute systemic disease caused T yphoid by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the organism Salnwnella typhi. The infection is endemic in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. However, with the advent of new migration patterns and increased intercontinental travels, the disease has started to appear, albeit sporadically, in non-endemic areas of the world. In the United States about 500 cases of S typhi infection are reported each year. About three quarters of these are associated with foreign travels or residence in an endemic area. We present two reports of typhoid fever involving the lung.
lower lobe consolidation. His HIV antilxKiy test Wrted to be normal. Bone marrow aspiration revealed no ~ranulomas. Coombs test was mildly JK>sitive. The patient rt>sJKmded to
