'Parenteric' Fever Due to Bact. Fæcalis Alkaligenes
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1. A sepoy, aged 30, had fever for 3 days prior to admission and was passing diarrhceic stools. On admission, the patient was of slow disposition, with a slightly toxsemic look; tongne furred; respiration 20; pulse 32; distinct tenderness over the liver region especially over the gall-bladder. No other abnormality found on clinical examination. The patient had two bouts of diarrhoea lasting two to three days during his illness. There were evening rises of fever which lasted 21 days (figure 1).
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Parenteric Fever
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