Enteric Cholestatic Hepatitis with Ascites: A Rare Entity.

J Clin Diagn Res

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, (Manipal University), Manipal, Karnataka, India.

Published: May 2017

Typhoid fever is a very common illness in developing countries. Patients most often present with a history of fever, vomiting, anorexia, abdominal pain, etc. Rarely there is hepatic involvement due to the disease process. This is a case report of a 26-year-old male who had presented with fever, jaundice and ascites. The widal titres were found to be within normal limits (1:80) however the patient was found to have on ascitic fluid culture. The patient was treated with the appropriate antibiotics and was later discharged.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/26707.9788DOI Listing

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