Cholecystitis secondary to Salmonella typhi: a rare pathology with an unreported management option—a case report and literature review

Annals of Pediatric Surgery

Table 1 Reported cases of acute acalculous cholecystitis due to Salmonella typhi in pediatric patients

Age	Sex	Antibiotic	Treatment	Location	Reference
3–15 years (median 7)	5 Males 1 Female	Unknown	Cholecystectomy	Nigeria	[6]
11 years	Female	Ceftriaxone	Antibiotics	Pakistan	[7]
8–18 years (median 11)	13 Males 3 Females	Chloramphenicol	Cholecystectomy	Nigeria	[8]
10 years	Male	Unknown	Cholecystectomy	Georgia, USA	[9]
10 years	Male	Cipro/flagyl, then ceftriaxone	Delayed cholecystectomy	Australia	[10]
6 years	Female	Ceftriaxone	Tube cholecystostomy	Israel	[11]
13 months	Female	Ceftriaxone	Tube cholecystostomy	Louisiana, USA	Current case