Typhoid fever presenting as acute cerebellar ataxia and severe thrombocytopenia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-78

  Cheong, Brian Mun Keong ^a  

^a Hospital Teluk Intan   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acute cerebellar ataxia; Ceftriaxone; Thrombocytopenia; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORIDE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; POTASSIUM; UREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LEUKOPENIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SLURRED SPEECH; THERAPY DELAY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHOID FEVER; UNSTEADINESS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; HUMANS; MALE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 49649098573     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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