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Trop Doct 2009;39:27-28
doi:10.1258/td.2008.070449
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Unusual presentations of Salmonella Typhi infections in children

Sumit Mittal DCH   *   Ajit Saxena DCH   *   Pankaj Garg MD   {dagger} 

* Department of Pediatrics, Fortis Hospital, B-22 Sector 62, Noida, Uttar Pradesh; {dagger} Departments of Pediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology, Sita Ram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, B-16 Qutub Institutional Area, New Delhi-110016, India

Correspondence to: Dr Pankaj Garg, B-342 Sarita Vihar, New Delhi-110076, India Email: pankajparul8{at}rediffmail.com

We report on three children with Salmonella typhi presenting with fever and urticaria, thrombocytopenic purpura and meningitis. We suggest that clinicians should consider S. typhi infection as a diagnosis even when the presenting features are more typical of other illnesses.


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