title: Spontaneous splenic rupture in typhoid fever.
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.
authors.affiliation: Government Medical College, SMHS Hospital, Srinagar-Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kamili
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rashid
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mansoor
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Lone
authors.forename: G Q
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Allaqaband
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000187:drug effects; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000382:microbiology*; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications*