Liver involvement in systemic infection

Table 3 Frequency of symptoms and signs in salmonella and acute viral hepatitis A

	Nausea/vomiting	Abdominal discomfort	Jaundiceb	Diarrhea	Relativebradycardiad	Fever>104°Fb	Hepatomegaly	Splenomegaly
Salmonella hepatitis	70%	33%	33%	48%	37%	41%	44%	7%
Acute viral hepatitis A	89%	63%	89%	30%	4%	0%	66%	11%

Modified from El-Newihi et al[19]. Salmonella hepatitis vs acute viral hepatitis A:

^bP < 0.0001;

^dP < 0.002.