Sir,?Dr. R. N. Chaudhuri published case notes of Bacterium alcaligenes infection resembling typhoid lever in the April issue of your journal. That some ?f the cases of typhoid-like fever may be of this origin had been described by previous workers also. I 'described similar cases either of primary origin or succeeding typhoid fever (resembling a relapse) in the Indian Journal of Medicine, Vol. ...

BACKGROUND Ocular and extraocular immune-mediated phenomena are known to occur following febrile illness. Vasculitis, retinitis and neurosensory detachment are not well-recognized sequelae of typhoid fever. FINDINGS We report a case of vasculitis, retinitis and macular neurosensory detachment presenting post typhoid fever. A 27-year-old female presented with decreased vision in right eye with...

The Typhoid Fever Surveillance in Africa Program (TSAP) was established in 2009 to fill the data void concerning invasive Salmonella disease in sub-Saharan Africa, and to specifically estimate the burden of bloodstream infections caused by the key pathogen, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi. TSAP has achieved this ambitious target, finding high incidences of typhoid fever in both rural and urba...

Correspondence Gastric secretion in patients with typhoid SIR,-We read with interest the recent paper by Dr Bhalla and colleagues on gastric secretion in patients with typhoid (Gut 1985; 26: 491-4). They make the interesting observation that patients with typhoid have reduced levels of gastric acid output during convalescence. Patients recovering from non-enteric infections had similar acid out...

TO THE EDITOR—Our recent development of a human Salmonella Typhi challenge model provided a detailed description of the clinical profile and associated pathological changes seen during typhoid fever [1]. Alterations in hematological parameters included decreases in hemoglobin and hematocrit in all participants, and, in those diagnosed with typhoid, decreases in both platelet and total white cel...

This is merely a reprint in book form of the Qoulstonian Lectures, three in number, delivered this year. They appeared in the issues of The Lancet for March 24th and 31st, and April 14th. An epitome of the first two lectures was given at pp. 276, 277 of The Indian Medical Gazette for July. The last lecture deals with the agglutinating reaction, its history, technique, persistence and prognosis ...

Sinck the discovery of Eberth-Gaffky Bacillus as the cause of typhoid fever and its differential characters thoroughly worked out by Gaffky, several species of bacteria have been discovered which are very much allied to Eberth's bacillus. Some of these are the cause of fevers of the typhoid type, but the blood of the patients suffering from them does not react with typhoid bacillus. One type of...

The role of Vi antigen in human immunity against typhoid fever has been debated for decades. Circumstantial evidence indicates that Vi antigen may play a role in pathogenicity and immunity. A Vi preparation was isolated from Salmonella typhosa, the causative organism in human typhoid fever, by a mild precipitation method. It was significantly more potent in animal studies than preparations from...

Paratyphoid is caused by Salmonella enterica serotype paratyphi A, B or C. There are only subtle clinical differences between the typhoid and paratyphoid but there is no difference between the response to therapy or frequency of complications [1]. Splenic infarction is an identified complication of typhoid and paratyphoid [2, 3]. However, there are only a few reports of spontaneous splenic rupt...

Typhoid ileal perforation (TIP) is the most lethal complication of typhoid fever. Although TIP is a surgical emergency by consensus, there is still much controversy regarding the most appropriate surgical approach to be used. Bowel exteriorization and secondary closure are usually recommended for patients presenting late with multiple TIPs and heavy peritoneal soiling. We, however, discuss a un...