A Rare Case of Typhoid Fever in the United States Associated With Travel to Mexico

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dc.contributor.authorKim, Seo Hyunen
dc.contributor.authorBansal, Jashen
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-26T15:59:07Zen
dc.date.available2022-07-26T15:59:07Zen
dc.date.issued2022-02-17en
dc.description.abstractTyphoid fever is an infectious febrile illness caused by Salmonella typhi that is rare in the United States but is endemic in regions of South Asia and Africa. Typhoid fever initially presents with nonspecific symptoms such as fever, malaise, and abdominal pain. We describe a case of typhoid fever in an adult in the United States with recent travel to Mexico. After a nonspecific presentation, the patient developed Faget sign and computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen revealed mesenteric adenitis, which prompted additional workup. Diagnosis of typhoid fever was established by blood culture and the patient was treated with ciprofloxacin.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22316en
dc.identifier.eissn2168-8184en
dc.identifier.issue2en
dc.identifier.othere22316en
dc.identifier.pmid35350527en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/111374en
dc.identifier.volume14en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCureusen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectaccurate diagnosisen
dc.subjecttyphoid infectionen
dc.subjecttravel vaccinationen
dc.subjecttravel healthen
dc.subjectadult hospital medicineen
dc.subjectenteric fever (typhoid fever)en
dc.titleA Rare Case of Typhoid Fever in the United States Associated With Travel to Mexicoen
dc.title.serialCureus Journal of Medical Scienceen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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