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Typhoid fever manifesting with haematemesis, hepatitis and haemolysis
The Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
|August 1, 1978
A patient with documented typhoid fever had several uncommon manifestations. These included (1) haematemesis as the presenting feature, (2) hepatocellular jaundice with hepatic encephalopathy, (3) acute intravascular haemolysis and (4) probable disseminated intravascular coagulation. Haematemesis as the presenting feature in typhoid fever has not been reported previously.
A patient with documented typhoid fever had several uncommon manifestations. These included (1) haematemesis as the presenting feature, (2) hepatocellular jaundice with hepatic encephalopathy, (3) acute intravascular haemolysis and (4) probable disseminated intravascular coagulation. Haematemesis as the presenting feature in typhoid fever has not been reported previously.