**7.3.3 Salmonella myocarditis**

Typhoid fever is a life-threatening illness rarely complicated by myocarditis. Salmonella myocarditis may produce variable clinical manifestations from latent to severe clinical forms, such as acute congestive heart failure or sudden cardiac death (Al-Aqeedi et al., 2009; Burt et al., 1990). Postmortem studies suggest that myocarditis is a major cause of sudden unexpected death in young adults and may account for 20 percent of cases (Feldman & McNamara, 2000).
