Spontaneous splenic rupture in typhoid fever

Gazanfar Ali, M A Kamili, Samia Rashid, Aijaz Mansoor, Bashir A. Lone, G Q Allaqaband

Postgraduate Medical Journal · 1994 · 12 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

Three cases of multidrug-resistant Salmonella typhi infection presenting as spontaneous splenic rupture are presented. One patient died and two recovered completely. This is a previously unreported presentation of typhoid fever.

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