title: Typhoid intestinal perforation: 24 perforations in one patient.
abstract: Intestine perforation is one of the most dreaded and common complication of typhoid fever remarkably so in developing world; it usually leads to diffuse peritonitis, requiring early surgical intervention. Despite various measures such as safe drinking water supply and safe disposal of waste, intestinal perforation from salmonellosis remains the most common emergency surgery performed. The incidence continues to rise, so also the mortality, despite new antibiotics and improvement in surgical technique. More disturbing is that we now see increasing number of ileal perforations and colonic involvement. We hereby present a case report of 35-year-old male with multiple (24) intestinal perforation in the Ileum and Cecum.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College and A.G.H. Kota, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Ak
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College and A.G.H. Kota, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Rk
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College and A.G.H. Kota, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Sk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bhatinda, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College and A.G.H. Kota, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soni
keywords: Asia; Multiple ileal perforations; Salmonellosis