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Report of a Case

Irwin J. Russell, MD, PhD; Pierre Forgacs, MD; Joseph E. Geraci, MD

JAMA. 1976;235(7):753-754.

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OSLER¹ stated that hemorrhagic pancreatitis rarely occurs in association with typhoidal infections. More recent reviews of typhoid fever and its complications have not mentioned pancreatitis.^2-5 Earlier, several reports of confirmed or probable pancreatitis with typhoid fever were published.^6-10

Report of a Case

On Nov 15, 1974, a 38-year-old woman returned from a world tour that included Egypt and the Far East. She became ill on Nov 22, 1974, with shaking chills, temperatures to 40 C, transient nausea, and constipation. After six days without improvement, she was admitted to a community hospital and the same day was transferred to the Mayo Clinic because immature and toxic leukocytes were found on a routine hemogram.

She said that, shortly after she had returned home, the drinking water on her farm in Iowa was found to be contaminated by Gram-negative bacilli, which were never identified. Two of her three children, who . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Section of Publications, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55901 (Dr Russell).

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