Typhoid glomerulonephritis in a child: a rare complication of typhoid fever

C Pancharoen; J Wongsawat; S Phancharoen; U Thisyakorn

Typhoid glomerulonephritis in a child: a rare complication of typhoid fever

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2001 Dec;32(4):869-71.

Authors

C Pancharoen¹, J Wongsawat, S Phancharoen, U Thisyakorn

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. [email protected]

PMID: 12041566

Abstract

We report a child with typhoid glomerulonephritis who presented with fever, gastrointestinal symptoms, edema, hypertension and abnormal urine findings including microscopic hematuria and proteinuria. Salmonella typhi resistant to ampicillin and cotrimoxazole was isolated from a blood culture. Renal biopsy was not performed. The child successfully treated with ceftriaxone.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use
Cephalosporins / therapeutic use
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Glomerulonephritis / diagnosis
Glomerulonephritis / drug therapy
Glomerulonephritis / etiology*
Glomerulonephritis / physiopathology
Humans
Male
Thailand
Typhoid Fever / complications*
Typhoid Fever / diagnosis
Typhoid Fever / drug therapy
Typhoid Fever / physiopathology

Substances

Cephalosporins
Ceftriaxone