Typhoid fever and viral hepatitis.
Feco-oral route is the most common mode of transmission for both enteric fever and hepatitis A and E, and thus infection by these agents may occur concurrently especially in tropical endemic areas like India. In this scenario, there occurs a diagnostic dilemma with respect to differentiation from 'typhoid hepatitis', the hepatic manifestations of typhoid fever. We herein present such a case and discuss pertinent issues.
Department of Pediatrics, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Maulana Azad Medical College, Geeta Colony, Delhi, India. dr_dmishra@rediffmail.com
Devendra
D
Mishra
Deepti
D
Chaturvedi
Mukta
M
Mantan
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications*