Paratyphoid Fever--A Study of Fatal Cases

FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER: A STUDY OF 32 CASES

From April 1983 to September 1990, 32 patients with familial mediterranean fever (FMF) were studied. FMF is characterized by short, self-limited, febrile episodes that occur with inflammation of serosal surfaces. Major symptoms include fever and abdominal pain, presenting as acute surgical abdomen. These attacks are associated with considerable morbidity and in some patients lead to unnece...

Paratyphoid C Fever

Paratyphoid Fever: Splicing the Global Analyses

The incidence of enteric fever caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A (S. Paratyphi A) is increasing in many parts of the world. Although there is no major outbreak of paratyphoid fever in recent years, S. Paratyphi A infection still remains a public health problem in many tropical countries. Therefore, surveillance studies play an important role in monitoring infections and the emer...

Review of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Fatal Cases Seen Among Adults: A Retrospective Study

BACKGROUND Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease endemic in many countries in the tropics and sub-tropics. The disease affects mainly children, but in recent years it is becoming more of an adult disease. Malaysia experienced a large dengue outbreak in 2006 to 2007, involving mostly adults, with a high number of deaths. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We undertook a retrospective study to e...

Three Fatal Cases of Blackwater Fever *Rearranged by the Editor.

a class by themselves and in spite of every possible treatment ended fatally. This season cases are occurring which start with anuria and die of uraemia, in spite of intravenous alkaline saline. The kidneys appear to be blocked so completely that after saline not a drop of urine is secreted. Case 1.?Boka, Chinaman, male, aged 50, carpenter, Gopalpur Tea Estate, got blackwater fever on 16th July...