A Patient with Typhoid Hepatitis
Typhoid hepatitis is typhoid fever accompanied by symptoms of jaundice, hepatomegaly and abnormal liver function tests. The incidence varies between 0.4 -26% of typhoid fever patients. We report a case of a 34-yearold male, presented with fever, epistaxis, gastrointestinal symptoms, thrombocytopeni...
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Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Digestive Endoscopy.
2021
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| Online Access: | https://repository.unair.ac.id/126567/3/22%20artikel.pdf https://repository.unair.ac.id/126567/2/22%20Karil.pdf https://repository.unair.ac.id/126567/4/22%20Turnitin.pdf https://repository.unair.ac.id/126567/ https://www.ina-jghe.com/index.php/jghe/article/view/769 https://doi.org/10.24871/2222021154-158 |
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| Summary: | Typhoid hepatitis is typhoid fever accompanied by symptoms of jaundice, hepatomegaly and abnormal liver function tests. The incidence varies between 0.4 -26% of typhoid fever patients. We report a case of a 34-yearold male, presented with fever, epistaxis, gastrointestinal symptoms, thrombocytopenia and elevated AST/ALT, thus the patient was first diagnosed as dengue hemorrhagic fever grade II. On day 9 th the signs and symptoms were persisted, Ig M and Ig G Dengue was negative. Then we evaluated the virus marker for hepatitis and blood culture. The results were negative for HBsAg, anti HCV and Ig M anti HAV, but Salmonella typhi detected on blood culture. The patient was treated with ceftriaxone 1000mg bid iv and get better then discharged from hospital. |
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