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Typhoid fever masquerading as functional psychosis.

O Baiyewu1, P O Oluboyo

  • 1Department of Behavioural Sciences and Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin.

West African Journal of Medicine
|July 1, 1991
PubMed
Summary

Typhoid fever can rarely present as functional psychosis, mimicking psychiatric disorders before fever appears. Early suspicion and treatment are crucial for these rare typhoid presentations.

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Area of Science:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Neuropsychiatry
  • Global Health

Background:

  • Typhoid fever commonly causes acute confusional states.
  • Initial presentation as functional psychosis is rare.
  • Psychiatric manifestations may precede fever in typhoid.