Publication: Acute acalculous cholecystitis and gall bladder perforation induced by Salmonella enterica serovar typhi
Date
2009
Article Type
Case Report
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN (Print) : 1993-2979 | ISSN (Online) : 1993-2987
Volume Title
Pages
Pages: 63 - 65
Publisher
Institute of Medicine
Abstract
Abstract
Salmonella Typhi is a causative agent of enteric fever, which is an ongoing public health problem in urban areas of the Kathmandu valley in Nepal. It is estimated that approximately 5 % of people in an endemic enteric fever area may asymptomatically carry Salmonella Typhi in the gall bladder. Here we describe a rare clinical manifestation of chronic Salmonella carriage. A 40 year old male resident of Kathmandu underwent an emergency cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis and gall bladder perforation. No stone was identified but Salmonella Typhi was cultured from the gall bladder.
Keywords: Acalculous cholecystitis, perforation, Salmonella Typhi
Description
N.S. Khatri
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Patan Hospital, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal
S. Koirala
Patan Hospital, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Kathmandu, Nepal
A. Aryal
Patan Hospital, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Kathmandu, Nepal
P. Maskay
Patan Hospital, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Kathmandu, Nepal
S. Paudel
Patan Hospital, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Kathmandu, Nepal
A. Karkey
Patan Hospital, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Kathmandu, Nepal
S. Baker
Patan Hospital, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Kathmandu, Nepal
O Shilpakar
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases,Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
K. Shrestha
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Patan Hospital, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal
B. Basnet
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Patan Hospital, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal
Keywords
Acalculous cholecystitis, perforation, Salmonella Typhi
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.59779/jiomnepal.415