[Unusual presentation of typhoid fever. Apropos of 3 cases].

J Med Liban

Service de Médecine Interne, Hôtel-Dieu de France, Université Saint-Joseph, Faculté de Médecine, Beyrouth, Liban.

Published: February 2000

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Typhoid fever is still an endemic disease in Lebanon with a risk of mortality especially in the immunosuppressed patients. We report 3 atypical observations and discuss cardiopulmonary, neurological, hematologic and urinary manifestations of this disease.

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