An adolescent with multi-organ involvement from typhoid fever

Mercy Kumwenda; Pui-Ying Iroh Tam

doi:10.4314/mmj.v31i2.10

An adolescent with multi-organ involvement from typhoid fever

Mercy Kumwenda
, Pui-Ying Iroh Tam

Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme

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Abstract

Typhoid fever is usually a mild clinical disease, but it can have potentially serious complications. Here, we describe a case of an adolescent male who presented with severe illness and multi-organ involvement from typhoid fever. He required follow-up after discharge but eventually recovered. Clinicians should be aware of the spectrum of clinical manifestations as early recognition will improve monitoring and management of typhoid disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	159-160
Number of pages	2
Journal	Malawi Medical Journal
Volume	31
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4314/mmj.v31i2.10
Publication status	Published - 20 Jun 2019

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Keywords

Adolescent
Anemia
Cardiovascular
Enteric fever
Gastrointestinal
Haematological
Musculoskeletal
Neurological
Typhoid fever

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