Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2019

AN UNCOMMON COMPLICATION OF TYPHOID FEVER

Kumar Rajnish, Priyanka

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Typhoid fever(TF), caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, is the most common cause of enteric fever, presents classically with fever and other gastro–intestinal (G/I) symptoms. We report an interesting case of 29–year old Indian male who lives in rural area of northern India and presented with a 5 days long history of intermittent fever, chills and rigor. Earlier misdiagnosed as mumps fever in veiw of clinical presentation but lateron with proper workup it was found to be atypical presentation of typhoid fever.Responded well to intra–venous(I/v)antibiotics and get completely recovered from typhoid infection

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AN UNCOMMON COMPLICATION OF TYPHOID FEVER, KUMAR RAJNISH, PRIYANKA INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-4 | April-2019

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