Background & Objectives: Typhoid Ileal perforation is a common problem seen in tropical countries. Over the years advances in the treatment of typhoid fever has decreased the incidence of typhoid ileal perforation. This study is conducted to throw a light on prognostic factors in the surgical outcome of typhoid ileal perforations. Methodology: Fifty consecutive patients clinically diagnosed as ...

To the Editor, The Indian Medicai, Gazette. Sir,?In the Epitome of Current Medical Literature in the British Medical Journal of the 18th June, 1927, H. Schaeffer and R. Liegears are said to state that though joint symptoms are not common in typhoid fever they are not extremely rare. They describe three forms: " The first constitutes the arthralgic form of Bazin and Potain which is characterised...

One-hundred consecutive patients with typhoid perforation of the gut admitted in the same surgical unit of the University Hospital have been studied. The cases were diagnosed on the basis of history, clinical examination, exploratory findings, histopathological examination, Widal test and blood culture. Forty-six patients had perforation in the second week of fever. Sixty-one patients presented...

Although the term uraemia was first introduced in 1840 by Piorry and L'Heritier, its true nature was disclosed by the work of Widal and Javal (1903). Bright, as early as 1833, though the term uraemia was unknown, recognized that the impregnation of the circulating blood with demonstrable amounts of urea was in some way responsible for a general derangement of the constitution. It is somewhat di...

Author affiliations: Groupe Hospitalier Saint-Louis-LariboisièreFernand-Widal, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (A. Alanio, B. Denis, S. Hamane, E. Raffoux, R. Peffault de Latour, J. Menotti, S. Amorim, S. Touratier, A. Bergeron, S. Bretagne); Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris (A. Alanio, R. Peffault de Latour, J. Menotti, S. Amorim, A. Bergeron, S. Bretag...

Numerous studies from various parts of India on the various aspects of typhoid fever have been published during the last 20 years. In going through the published Indian literature, one finds that not many cases have been reported before 1920. In the past, owing to lack of laboratory facilities in India, the diagnosis of enteric fever was mainly based on clinical evidence, but the only positive ...