Typhoid colitis.
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چکیده
Salmonellosis is one of the commonest endemic diseases in Tropical Africa. Furthermore, typhoid fever is a disease that is unique to man with no other animal species acquiring an illness similar to man even after oral ingestion of the live jrganisms (Homick et al., 1970). Typhoid fever has a myriad of complications. Typhoid colitis is distinctly uncommon judging from the paucity of reports in the literature. We report two cases of typhoid colitis who had massive rectal haemorrhage, which should alert one to the possiblility of typhoid colitis. One of the cases developed myocarditis as well.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Central African journal of medicine
دوره 32 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1986