Typhoid colitis with massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding. An unexpected behavior of Salmonella typhi

Dis Colon Rectum. 1986 Aug;29(8):511-4. doi: 10.1007/BF02562606.

Abstract

Three cases of salmonella colitis with massive lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage are presented. The patients had fever, diarrhea, and abundant hematochezia; blood and bone marrow cultures were positive for Salmonella typhi. Because of bleeding, all patients underwent hemicolectomy; previous mesenteric arteriograms showed the colonic hemorrhagic sites. The pathologic and radiologic findings are described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Colitis / etiology*
  • Colitis / pathology
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / pathology
  • Humans
  • Ileitis / etiology
  • Ileitis / pathology
  • Male
  • Necrosis
  • Typhoid Fever / complications*
  • Typhoid Fever / pathology
  • Ulcer / etiology
  • Ulcer / pathology