An unusual complication of enteric fever: Myocarditis
Journal Title: Annals of Geriatric Education and Medical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Enteric fever(typhoid Fever) occurs worldwide, primarily in developing nations whose sanitary conditions are poor. Enteric fever is endemic in Asia, Africa, Latin America. The carribean, and Oceania but 80% of cases come from Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan or Vietnam.(1) Typhoid Fever used to be a fatal disease with 10% to 20% mortality in the pre-antibiotic era. With Antibiotic treatment, fatality dropped to about 1% in the endemic countries.
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Pankaj Sahu, Geetha Philips, Akansha Rastogi
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