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From: Salmonella Infections
Red Book® 2015, 2015
Figure Legend:
Typhoid fever cholecystitis with an ulceration and perforation of the gallbladder into the jejunum. Salmonella typhi, the bacterium responsible for causing typhoid fever, has a preference for the gallbladder and, if present, will colonize the surface of gallstones, which is how people become long-term carriers of the disease. Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Date of download: 10/8/2017
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