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- Sarah Logan, Channa Jayasena, Adnan Aali, Steve Ash, and Fiona J Cooke.
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ealing Hospital, Middlesex. sarahlogan@doctors.net.uk
- Clin Med. 2010 Jun 1; 10 (3): 299300299-300.
AbstractTyphoid fever should be considered in the diagnosis of any patient with a fever from the Asian community even in the absence of a travel history to an endemic region. Blood cultures taken prior to antibiotics are the best way of making the diagnosis early and preventing the complications that arise from a prolonged bacteraemia.
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