Table 2.
Symptoms, signs and sites of involvement
| Case A | Case B | Case C | Case D | |
| Symptoms | ||||
| Fever | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Temperature (°C) | 35.3-40.3 | 35.8-38.7 | 35-40.3 | |
| Night sweat | No | Yes | Yes | Not reported |
| Chills | No | No | No | Yes |
| Antibiotic1 | Moxifloxacin2 | Levofloxacin3 | Anqi4 | Penicillin5, Amikacin5 |
| Metronidazole2 | Azithromycin5 | |||
| Levofloxacin6 | ||||
| Ceftriaxone5, Xianshu7 | ||||
| Abdominal pain | Right abdomen | No | Yes | Whole abdomen |
| Abdominal distention | Yes | No | Yes | Upper abdomen |
| Diarrhea | No | No | No | Yes8 |
| Anorexia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not reported |
| Pharyngalgia | No | Yes | No | Not reported |
| Cough | No | Yes | No | No |
| Expectoration | No | Yes | No | No |
| Weight loss | Not apparent | 15 kg | 4 kg | 10 kg |
| Signs | ||||
| Lymphadenectasis | No | Yes9 | No | Yes |
| Abdominal tension | No | No | No | Yes |
| Hepatomegaly | No | Not palpable | Yes10 | Yes |
| Splenomegaly | No | Yes11 | Yes12 | Yes |
| (Rebound) tenderness | No | No | No | Yes |
| Shifting dullness | Negative | Negative | Negative | Positive |
| Involvement | ||||
| Bone marrow | √ | √ | √ | |
| Pulmonary | ||||
| Colon | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Terminal ileum | √ | √ | √ |
1
Empirically used, but invalid;
2
For 5 d, dosage unknown;
3
0.4 g iv daily for 26 d;
4
Amoxicillin and potassium clavulanate tablets 0.3125 g tid po for 1 wk;
5
Dosage unknown;
6
0.4 g iv daily for 28 d in our hospital; dosage unknown in other hospital;
7
Cefoperazone sulbactam sodium 2.0 g iv bid for 8 d then 2.0 g iv tid for 7 d;
8
Black watery stool with amount unknown, 7-10 times per day;
9
1 × 1 cm soft lymphatic node without adhesion in the left armpit;
10
3 cm below the right rib border and 5 cm below the xiphoid;
11
5 cm below the left rib border;
12
3 cm below the left rib border.