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Relapsing typhoid fever with severe colitis and hepatitis is very rare. We present a patient who simultaneously developed these features.
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Meier, R., Wegmann, W., Gyr, K. (1989). Relapsing Typhoid Fever with Severe Colitis and Hepatitis. In: Steffen, R., Lobel, H., Haworth, J., Bradley, D.J. (eds) Travel Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73772-5_47
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