Uncommon Complication of a Common Disease (enteric Fever)
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: A 42year old lady, without any previous comorbidities presented with complaints offever with chills and rigor for 8 days and loose stools. She was diagnosed withSalmonella paratyphi A septicemia and was treated with appropriate antibiotics. Buther clinical condition worsened, and her fever continued. On PET-CT whole body, shewas detected to have a pulmonary embolism. Her thrombophilia panel check wasnegative. She was treated with a therapeutic dose of low molecular weight heparinEnoxaparin and appropriate antibiotics. Thus, we present a rare case of in-situpulmonary embolism formation following enteric fever in an Indian lady
Author: Dr Sudipto Chakraborty
Language: English
Subfield: Internal Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6893066527
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