Benign intracranial hypertension in typhoid fever. A case report.
Benign intracranial hypertension, a previously undocumented neurological complication of typhoid fever, is described in an 11-year-old child. Resolution occurred within 5 days of the start of chloramphenicol therapy and recovery was uneventful.
Moodley
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Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Natal and King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban.
Coovadia
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D002648:Child; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000209:etiology*; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
D002701:Chloramphenicol