Typhoid colitis with massive lower gastrointestinal bleeing: An unexpected behavior of salmonella typhi

Three cases of salmonella colitis with massive lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage are presented. The patients had fever, diarrhea, and abundant hematochezia; blood and bone marrow cultures were positive forSalmonella typhi. Because of bleeding, all patients underwent hemicolecomy; previous mesenteric arteriograms showed the colonic heorrhagic sites. The pathologic and radiologic findings are described