Cholestatic hepatitis in a patient with typhoid fever - a case report
| Journal | Volume 75 - 2012 |
| Issue | Fasc.1 - Letters |
| Author(s) | E.C. Ratnayake, C. Shivanthan, B.C. Wijesiriwardena |
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| National Hospital of Sri Lanka, ColombO. Sri Lanka. |
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Typhoid fever is known to cause a wide range of hepatic complications (1). However, cholestasis second- ary to typhoid fever has been reported only in a very few instances (2,3). We recently came across a young patient who presented with fever and jaundice and found to have cholestatic hepatitis secondary to typhoid fever. |
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