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Typhoid fever with caecal ulcer bleed: managed conservatively.

Authors :
Boopathy V
Periyasamy S
Alexander T
Balasubramanian P
Source :
BMJ case reports [BMJ Case Rep] 2014 Mar 31; Vol. 2014. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Mar 31.
Publication Year :
2014

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.

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