Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 44(6); 1997 > Article
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1997;44(6):1414-1418.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1997.44.6.1414    Published online December 1, 1997.
A Case of Bronchitis and Bronchial Dysplasia Associated with Typhoid Fever.
Jun Ho Seok, Ki Beom Kim, Jin Hong Chung, Kwan Ho Lee, Hyun Woo Lee
Department of Internal Medicine, Yeung-Nam University College of Medicine, Taegu, Korea.
Abstract
Typhoid fever is an acute systemic febrile disease caused by Salmonella typhi. The classic picture of the disease consists of prolonged continuous or remitting fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea, rose spots and delirium. Salmonella infection can lead to diffuse organ involvement, including bone, lung, thyroid, kidney, liver, spleen, heart, pericardium, intestine and skin and cause a variety of complications. Pulmonary manifestations occur in only 1 percent of the patients. Mild cough with sticky sputum is the earliest symptom and bronchitis, pneumonia and lung abscess were presented. Recenfly we experienced a case of typhoid fever complicated by bronchitis, dysplasia in a 37-year-old male physician who was improved with ceftriaxone and ciprofloxacin We report this case with a review of the literature.
Key Words: Typhoid fever, Bronchitis, Dysplasia


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