Spontaneous splenic rupture in typhoid fever.
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.
Ali
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Government Medical College, SMHS Hospital, Srinagar-Kashmir, India.
Kamili
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MA
Rashid
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S
Mansoor
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A
Lone
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Allaqaband
G Q
GQ
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*