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Synergistic typhoid and taenia solium intestinal perforation.

Typhoid and intestinal infestation with parasites are common and may co-exist especially in the tropics. Their synergistic acute abdominal presentation is rare. We here report a 38-year-old male who presented with complaints suggestive of enteric fever and signs of peritonitis. Following baseline in...

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Main Authors: Ashwani, K, Pankaj, KG, Divya, S, Paras, KP, Vijay, KS
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Published: Department of Surgery, UKM Medical Centre 2013
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spelling my-ukm.journal.66992016-12-14T06:41:57Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6699/ Synergistic typhoid and taenia solium intestinal perforation. Ashwani, K Pankaj, KG Divya, S Paras, KP Vijay, KS Typhoid and intestinal infestation with parasites are common and may co-exist especially in the tropics. Their synergistic acute abdominal presentation is rare. We here report a 38-year-old male who presented with complaints suggestive of enteric fever and signs of peritonitis. Following baseline investigations, laparotomy was performed which proved to be a surgical surprise. A live tape worm was seen pouting out of the terminal ileal perforation. The clinical presentation and the stringent attention to preventive measures are discussed. Department of Surgery, UKM Medical Centre 2013-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6699/1/14-MS1083_%2844-46%29.pdf Ashwani, K and Pankaj, KG and Divya, S and Paras, KP and Vijay, KS (2013) Synergistic typhoid and taenia solium intestinal perforation. Journal of Surgical Academia, 3 (1). pp. 44-46. ISSN 2231-7481
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description Typhoid and intestinal infestation with parasites are common and may co-exist especially in the tropics. Their synergistic acute abdominal presentation is rare. We here report a 38-year-old male who presented with complaints suggestive of enteric fever and signs of peritonitis. Following baseline investigations, laparotomy was performed which proved to be a surgical surprise. A live tape worm was seen pouting out of the terminal ileal perforation. The clinical presentation and the stringent attention to preventive measures are discussed.
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author Ashwani, K
Pankaj, KG
Divya, S
Paras, KP
Vijay, KS
spellingShingle Ashwani, K
Pankaj, KG
Divya, S
Paras, KP
Vijay, KS
Synergistic typhoid and taenia solium intestinal perforation.
author_facet Ashwani, K
Pankaj, KG
Divya, S
Paras, KP
Vijay, KS
author_sort Ashwani, K
title Synergistic typhoid and taenia solium intestinal perforation.
title_short Synergistic typhoid and taenia solium intestinal perforation.
title_full Synergistic typhoid and taenia solium intestinal perforation.
title_fullStr Synergistic typhoid and taenia solium intestinal perforation.
title_full_unstemmed Synergistic typhoid and taenia solium intestinal perforation.
title_sort synergistic typhoid and taenia solium intestinal perforation.
publisher Department of Surgery, UKM Medical Centre
publishDate 2013
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6699/1/14-MS1083_%2844-46%29.pdf
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