Abdominal lymphadenopathy: An atypical presentation of enteric fever

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 409-410

  Ahmed, Nayla ^a   Saeed, Zeb I ^a   Tariq, Muhammad ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Abdominal lymphadenopathy (peyer's patches); Salmonella; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BILIRUBIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PAKISTAN; PARATYPHOID FEVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGOR; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRASOUND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR PARATYPHI A; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; TYPHOID FEVER;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 84858269109     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60066-5     Document Type: Article

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