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Typhoid fever with caecal ulcer bleed: managed conservatively.
- Source :
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BMJ case reports [BMJ Case Rep] 2014 Mar 31; Vol. 2014. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Mar 31. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Typhoid fever is caused by enteroinvasive Gram-negative organism Salmonella typhi. The well-known complications of typhoid fever are intestinal haemorrhage and perforation. In the pre-antibiotic era, these complications were quite common, but in the current antibiotic era the incidence of these complications is on the decline. We report a case of a patient with typhoid fever who developed haematochezia during the hospital stay and was found to have caecal ulcer with an adherent clot on colonoscopy. He was managed successfully with conservative measures without endotherapy and there was no rebleed.
- Subjects :
- Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use
Blood Transfusion
Cecal Diseases therapy
Ceftriaxone therapeutic use
Colonoscopy
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage therapy
Humans
Male
Typhoid Fever drug therapy
Ulcer therapy
Young Adult
Cecal Diseases microbiology
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage microbiology
Typhoid Fever complications
Ulcer microbiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1757-790X
- Volume :
- 2014
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- BMJ case reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24686806
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2014-203756