Dry Gangrene in Children with Typhoid Intestinal Perforation: A Report of Two Cases

Intestinal perforation is a life-threatening complication of typhoid fever commonly seen in developing countries, but extraintestinal complications are infrequently reported. We report herein two cases of gangrene seen in children managed for typhoid intestinal perforation, highlighting the challeng...

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Autores principales: Anyanwu, Lofty-John C., Mohammad, Aminu M., Abdullahi, Lawal B., Ibrahim, Mustapha U., Farinyaro, Aliyu U., Aliyu, Mohammed S., Obaro, Stephen K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6196789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30402323
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7097014
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author Anyanwu, Lofty-John C.
Mohammad, Aminu M.
Abdullahi, Lawal B.
Ibrahim, Mustapha U.
Farinyaro, Aliyu U.
Aliyu, Mohammed S.
Obaro, Stephen K.
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description Intestinal perforation is a life-threatening complication of typhoid fever commonly seen in developing countries, but extraintestinal complications are infrequently reported. We report herein two cases of gangrene seen in children managed for typhoid intestinal perforation, highlighting the challenges faced in their management.
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spelling pubmed-61967892018-11-06 Dry Gangrene in Children with Typhoid Intestinal Perforation: A Report of Two Cases Anyanwu, Lofty-John C. Mohammad, Aminu M. Abdullahi, Lawal B. Ibrahim, Mustapha U. Farinyaro, Aliyu U. Aliyu, Mohammed S. Obaro, Stephen K. Case Rep Surg Case Report Intestinal perforation is a life-threatening complication of typhoid fever commonly seen in developing countries, but extraintestinal complications are infrequently reported. We report herein two cases of gangrene seen in children managed for typhoid intestinal perforation, highlighting the challenges faced in their management. Hindawi 2018-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6196789/ /pubmed/30402323 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7097014 Text en Copyright © 2018 Lofty-John C. Anyanwu et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Anyanwu, Lofty-John C.
Mohammad, Aminu M.
Abdullahi, Lawal B.
Ibrahim, Mustapha U.
Farinyaro, Aliyu U.
Aliyu, Mohammed S.
Obaro, Stephen K.
Dry Gangrene in Children with Typhoid Intestinal Perforation: A Report of Two Cases
title Dry Gangrene in Children with Typhoid Intestinal Perforation: A Report of Two Cases
title_full Dry Gangrene in Children with Typhoid Intestinal Perforation: A Report of Two Cases
title_fullStr Dry Gangrene in Children with Typhoid Intestinal Perforation: A Report of Two Cases
title_full_unstemmed Dry Gangrene in Children with Typhoid Intestinal Perforation: A Report of Two Cases
title_short Dry Gangrene in Children with Typhoid Intestinal Perforation: A Report of Two Cases
title_sort dry gangrene in children with typhoid intestinal perforation: a report of two cases
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6196789/
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