Acute viral hepatitis A: a cause of jaundice in typhoid fever.
A typhoid patient presenting with fever and jaundice is reported. Investigations revealed that the patient had both typhoid fever and acute viral hepatitis A. Jaundice is a rare clinical presentation in typhoid fever, therefore hepatitis A should be considered in typhoid fever and jaundice because both enterically transmitted disease may simultaneously occur.
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Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications*