Suppurative Granulomatous Cholecystitis in a Pediatric Chronic Carrier with Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Bacterial infection of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi is rare in the United States but endemic in many developing countries. Approximately 3-5% of patients become chronic asymptomatic carriers. We describe an atypical presentation of S. enterica serotype Typhi infection in a 10-year-old male, wh...

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Published in:Fetal and pediatric pathology 2016-03, Vol.35 (2), p.129-132
Main Authors: Herman, Haley K, Hampshire, Karly N, Khoshnam, Nasim, Khan, Aleena A, Jerris, Robert, Abramowsky, Carlos R, Shehata, Bahig M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carrier State - microbiology
Carrier State - pathology
Child
Cholecystitis - microbiology
Cholecystitis - pathology
Granuloma - microbiology
Granuloma - pathology
Humans
Male
Salmonella typhi
Typhoid Fever - pathology
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Summary:Bacterial infection of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi is rare in the United States but endemic in many developing countries. Approximately 3-5% of patients become chronic asymptomatic carriers. We describe an atypical presentation of S. enterica serotype Typhi infection in a 10-year-old male, whose cholecystechtomy and bile culture revealed chronic carrier status despite negative stool tests and the absence of gallstones. The gallbladder showed marked thickening of the wall with an intense suppurative granulomatous reaction.
ISSN:1551-3815
1551-3823
DOI:10.3109/15513815.2015.1131784