Comparison of clinical features and pathologic findings in fatal cases of typhoid fever during the initial and later stages of the disease

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 490-493

  Azad, A K ^a   Islam, R ^a   Salam, M A ^a   Alam, A N ^a   Islam, M ^a   Butler, T ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; INTESTINE ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERITONITIS; PEYER PATCH; PNEUMONIA; SHOCK; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0030905910     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.490     Document Type: Article

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