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Acute pancreatitis complicating typhoid fever in a 4-year-old girl |
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| Authors: | TAKESHI ASANO KENTAROH KUWABARA ATSUSHI TAKAGI TAKAYUKI HATORI HISAMITSU HAMADA TAIYOU IMAI OSAMU FUJINO |
| Institution: | Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Kamakari, Chiba, Japan. VFF13540@nifty.ne.jp |
| Abstract: | Pancreatitis represents an extremely rare complication of typhoid fever. Herein we report the case of a 4-year-old Bangladeshi girl with acute pancreatitis caused by Salmonella typhi. |
| Keywords: | acute pancreatitis children typhoid fever |