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Typhoid fever and viral hepatitis

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Feco-oral route is the most common mode of transmission for both enteric fever and hepatitis A and E, and thus infection by these agents may occur concurrently especially in tropical endemic areas like India. In this scenario, there occurs a diagnostic dilemma with respect to differentiation from ‘typhoid hepatitis’, the hepatic manifestations of typhoid fever. We herein present such a case and discuss pertinent issues.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya (Affiliated to Maulana Azad Medical College), Geeta Colony, Delhi, India

    Devendra Mishra, Deepti Chaturvedi & Mukta Mantan

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Mishra, D., Chaturvedi, D. & Mantan, M. Typhoid fever and viral hepatitis. Indian J Pediatr 75, 509–510 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-008-0079-5

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