Sobczyk-Krupiarz Iwona, Garlicki Aleksander, Biesiada Grazyna, Czepiel Jacek, Skwara Paweł, Salamon Dominika, Mach Tomasz
Katedra Gastroenterologii, Hepatologii i Chorób Zakaźnych Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.
Przegl Lek. 2008;65(2):107-8.
Paratyphoid fever is an acute infection caused by Salmonella paratyphi A, B or C. The disease is transmitted from person to person by fecal-oral way. Typical for typhoid fever are splenomegaly, bradycardia, fever, constipation or mild diarrhoea oftten associated with abdominal tenderness. We present the case of patient who was infected by Salmonella paratyphi C while his travelling in Asia.