<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Typhoid fever is an important health problem worldwide but its incidence is more in developing countries. Hepatic involvement is common, but both hepatic and renal involvement is rare in typhoid fever. We report a case of typhoid fever presenting with hepatitis and acute renal failure. A 17 year old male presenting with fever and pain abdomen was found to have raised blood urea, creatinine, liver enzymes and bilirubin. Widal and typhidot (IgM,IgG) test were positive. His symptoms subsided and deranged parameters resolved with treatment of typhoid fever.</p></abstract>

Typhoid fever is an important health problem worldwide but its incidence is more in developing countries. Hepatic involvement is common, but both hepatic and renal involvement is rare in typhoid fever. We report a case of typhoid fever presenting with hepatitis and acute renal failure. A 17 year old male presenting with fever and pain abdomen was found to have raised blood urea, creatinine, liver enzymes and bilirubin. Widal and typhidot (IgM,IgG) test were positive. His symptoms subsided and deranged parameters resolved with treatment of typhoid fever.

Typhoid Fever Presenting With Acute Renal Failure And Hepatitis Simultaneously - A Rare Presentation

Department of Medicine, Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences, ROHTAK-124001 (Haryana) INDIA

Department of Medicine Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak-124001 (Haryana), India, phone: +91-9416147887

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Typhoid fever is an important health problem worldwide but its incidence is more in developing countries. Hepatic involvement is common, but both hepatic and...

Typhoid Fever Presenting With Acute Renal Failure And Hepatitis Simultaneously - A Rare Presentation

Published Online: Aug 19, 2016

Page range: 80 - 82

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/arsm-2016-0014

Keywords
Typhoid fever, hepatitis, acute renal failure, Widal test

© by D. Jain

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Typhoid Fever Presenting With Acute Renal Failure And Hepatitis Simultaneously - A Rare Presentation

Published Online: Aug 19, 2016

Page range: 80 - 82

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/arsm-2016-0014

KeywordsTyphoid fever, hepatitis, acute renal failure, Widal test

© by D. Jain

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Typhoid fever, hepatitis, acute renal failure, Widal test