title: Fatal complications of acute enteric fevers.
abstract: Eighty eight patients presenting with fatal typhoid complications were studied in Abbassia and Embaba fever hospitals during a 4 years period (1987-1991). Criterion of inclusion in the study was either positive blood culture in 70 (80%) cases or postmortem gross appearance of typhoid fever in 18 (20%) cases. Positive blood culture cases included 54 (77%) S. typhi and 16 (23%) S. paratyphi A. Seven (10%) cases were resistant in vitro to chloramphenicol. Postmortem examination performed in 18 (20%) cases revealed typical typhoid ulcers in ileum, jejunum and large intestine. The main clinical picture of 31 toxic, 22 encephalitic or meningeal irritating, 15 gastroenteritic, 9 pneumonic, 8 perforated and 3 haemorrhagic enteric fever cases were discussed. The tetrad of fever, toxic look, bronchitic chest, tumid tympanitic abdomen and splenomegaly was a good sign for suggestion of typhoid diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Tropical Medicine Department, Ain Shams Faculty of Medicine, Egypt.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Montasser
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Abdel Wahab
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010284:Paratyphoid Fever / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012482:Salmonella paratyphi A; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D002701:Chloramphenicol