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://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5483733 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/26707.9788 | DOI Listing |
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