The report of completer atrioventricular (AV) block wit myocarditis complicating typhoid fever is a rare occurrence.
The patient was a 30-year-old woman and experienced fever, chill and abdominal pain two weeks earlier followed by mental confusion. ...
The report of completer atrioventricular (AV) block wit myocarditis complicating typhoid fever is a rare occurrence.
The patient was a 30-year-old woman and experienced fever, chill and abdominal pain two weeks earlier followed by mental confusion. Typhoid fever was confirmed by islolation of S. typhi in blood and stool. Laboratory examination showed the elevation of cardiac enzymes and serum amylase level. On the fifth hospital day, complete AV block developed transiently and disappeared without any intervention. The patient was treated with dexamethasone and a two-week course of chloramphenicol.
We report a case of typhoid fever complicated by complete AV block, myocarditis and pancreatitis.