Localised outbreaks of typhoid fever apparently due to infected Milk

An Outbreak of Typhoid Fever Due to Milk Infection

A consideration of the Edinburgh notification statistics tends to show that the season of greatest prevalence of typhoid fever is during the three autumnal months?September, October, and November. This coincides generally with the statistics of other places in the United Kingdom, and also with Buchan and Mitchell's curve, based on the mortality returns of London. In fact, typhoid fever remains ...

An Epidemic of Typhoid Fever Due to Ice-cream

Empyema due to splenic abscess in typhoid fever.

to damage by cytotoxic drugs. A study of childhood-cancer survivors, however, showed no evidence of a raised rate of spontaneous abortions or malformations in the progeny of men after treatment with various cytotoxic agents.' On the other hand, a recent report has described two cases of severe malformations after chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukaemia in two men.' In our case the lack of ...

Typhoid Fever and Typhoid Carriers

Typhoid Fever

Between one and five percent of travelers from industrialized countries to the developing world seek medical attention during or immediately after their travel.1 International travelers who present to the emergency department (ED) with fever pose a unique challenge to the emergency physician (EP). In addition to the usual causes of fever, the EP must consider less common diseases in the differe...