Typhoid fever with acute abdominal pain masquerading as surgical emergency!
Typhoid fever is a common childhood infectious illness in resource-poor countries. Gastrointestinal manifestations are common presentation in this illness. We report a series of 3 cases with acute abdominal pain as presenting feature which were initially presumed to have a surgical emergency but wer...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016-01-01
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| description | Typhoid fever is a common childhood infectious illness in resource-poor countries. Gastrointestinal manifestations are common presentation in this illness. We report a series of 3 cases with acute abdominal pain as presenting feature which were initially presumed to have a surgical emergency but were later on diagnosed to have typhoid fever. Confounding presentations and unusual features can sometimes pose a diagnostic dilemma even in a common illness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-def84661e923489f838e36e7e2702ff02022-12-22T00:50:02ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsInternational Journal of Advanced Medical and Health Research2349-42202350-02982016-01-0131313310.4103/2350-0298.184673Typhoid fever with acute abdominal pain masquerading as surgical emergency!Sumit MehndirattaTyphoid fever is a common childhood infectious illness in resource-poor countries. Gastrointestinal manifestations are common presentation in this illness. We report a series of 3 cases with acute abdominal pain as presenting feature which were initially presumed to have a surgical emergency but were later on diagnosed to have typhoid fever. Confounding presentations and unusual features can sometimes pose a diagnostic dilemma even in a common illness.http://www.ijamhrjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2349-4220;year=2016;volume=3;issue=1;spage=31;epage=33;aulast=MehndirattaChildrenabdominal paintyphoid fever |
| spellingShingle | Sumit Mehndiratta Typhoid fever with acute abdominal pain masquerading as surgical emergency! International Journal of Advanced Medical and Health Research Children abdominal pain typhoid fever |
| title | Typhoid fever with acute abdominal pain masquerading as surgical emergency! |
| title_full | Typhoid fever with acute abdominal pain masquerading as surgical emergency! |
| title_fullStr | Typhoid fever with acute abdominal pain masquerading as surgical emergency! |
| title_full_unstemmed | Typhoid fever with acute abdominal pain masquerading as surgical emergency! |
| title_short | Typhoid fever with acute abdominal pain masquerading as surgical emergency! |
| title_sort | typhoid fever with acute abdominal pain masquerading as surgical emergency |
| topic | Children abdominal pain typhoid fever |
| url | http://www.ijamhrjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2349-4220;year=2016;volume=3;issue=1;spage=31;epage=33;aulast=Mehndiratta |
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