Objectives Updated estimates of the prevalence of complications and case fatality ratio
(CFR) among typhoid fever patients are needed to understand disease burden. Methods …

Typhoid fever causes significant morbidity and mortality in developing countries, with
inaccurate estimates in some countries affected, especially those situated in Sub-Saharan …

Background Typhoid intestinal perforation is still prevalent in many developing countries.
Despite the advances in the management, the outcome in these patients in resource limited …

Background Typhoid fever remains a major health problem in the developing world.
Intestinal perforation is a lethal complication and continues to occur in impoverished areas …

Typhoid fever is a public health challenge mostly concentrated in impoverished,
overcrowded areas of the developing world, with lack of safe drinking and sanitation. The …

Case fatality rate (CFR) for typhoid perforation (TP) has been on gradual but variable
decline world wide. This review highlights the progress in management of TP from 1960 …

ABSTRACT Introduction: Typhoid fever (TF), caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi,
is the most common cause of enteric fever, responsible for an estimated 129,000 deaths and …

Intestine perforation is one of the most dreaded and common complication of typhoid fever
remarkably so in developing world; it usually leads to diffuse peritonitis, requiring early …

AIM: To represent our clinical experience in the treatment of intestinal perforation arising
from typhoid fever. METHODS: The records of 22 surgically-treated patients with typhoid …

Background: Intestinal perforation resulting from complicated typhoid fever still causes high
morbidity and mortality. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the outcome of its …