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Typhoid Fever with Myocarditis
Le Van Diem
Le Van Diem
University of Saigon Medical School, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Saigon, Vietnam
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Keith Arnold
Keith Arnold
University of Saigon Medical School, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Saigon, Vietnam
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A patient with typhoid fever who had a positive blood culture for Salmonella typhi after a 3-week course of chloramphenicol developed clinical and roentgenographic findings of congestive heart failure. Electrocardiographic changes were consistent with a diagnosis of myocarditis. The patient responded to treatment with ampicillin, digitalis and a diuretic. This complication, considered rare in the past, may be seen with increased frequency in the presence of chloramphenicol-resistant typhoid.
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Present address: American Medical Association, Medical Education Project, APO San Francisco 96243.
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