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J Pediatr Infect Dis 2021; 16(01): 039-042
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1714711
Case Report

A Rare Complication during Salmonella sp. Infection in a 4-Year-Old Child: Acute Pancreatitis

Ahmet O. Kılıç 
1   Department of Pediatrics, Meram Medical Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
,
Fatih Akın 
1   Department of Pediatrics, Meram Medical Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
,
Abdullah Yazar 
1   Department of Pediatrics, Meram Medical Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
,
Abdülkerim Çokbiçer 
1   Department of Pediatrics, Meram Medical Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
,
Metin Doğan 
2   Department of Medical Microbiology, Meram Medical Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
,
Vesile M. Energin 
1   Department of Pediatrics, Meram Medical Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
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Abstract

Objective We aimed to report a rare complication of acute pancreatitis which developed during Salmonella infection.

Methods We report a 4-year-old girl with pancreatitis that occurred after salmonella gastroenteritis.

Discussion Salmonella sp. infections cause serious mortality and morbidity worldwide. Salmonella transmission is mostly fecal oral from contaminated water and foods. Acute pancreatitis expresses the acute inflammatory process of the pancreas. Inflammation of the pancreas associated with bacterial, viral, and fungal agents can lead to acute pancreatitis. There are limited data regarding the frequency of infections leading to pancreatitis. Here, a pediatric case with pancreatitis that occurred after salmonella gastroenteritis is reported.

Conclusion Acute pancreatitis due to S. sp. infection is very rare in children. Pancreatitis should be considered in patients with gastroenteritis with typical abdominal pain.

Keywords

acute pancreatitis - child - complication - poultry - salmonella


Publication History

Received: 20 March 2020

Accepted: 16 June 2020

Article published online:
31 August 2020

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