Typhus Fever: An Overlooked Diagnosis.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-173143
ABSTRACT
A case of typhus fever is presented. On admission, the clinical diagnosis was typhoid fever. Forty-eight hours after admission, the presence of subconjunctival haemorrhage, malena, and jaundice raised the possibility of a different aetiology, the two most likely differentials being dengue and typhus. Finally, a co-infection of typhoid and typhus was discovered. This uncommon clinical scenario should be taken into account in the management of patients with high fever on admission being treated as a case of typhoid fever.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
English
Year:
2009
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Article
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