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Massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding attributable to heavy whipworm infection and Salmonella typhi co-infection: a case report

Massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding due to trichuriasis and/or typhoid fever is rarely reported. We reported a case of a 29-year-old male presented with per rectal bleeding, diarrhea, generalized abdominal pain and fever for two weeks. After diagnosis suspicion, emergency exploratory laparotomy...

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Autores principales: Nimir, Amal Rashad, Aziz, Mohamad Salleh Bin Abdul, Tan, Geok Chin, Shaker, Abdul Rahman Hikmet
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918413
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8285