Typhoid intestinal perforation in developing countries: Still unavoidable deaths?
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Typhoid intestinal perforation in developing countries: Still unavoidable deaths?
Typhoid fever is a public health challenge mostly concentrated in impoverished, overcrowded areas of the developing world, with lack of safe drinking and sanitation. The most serious complication is typhoid intestinal perforation (TIP), observed in 0.8% to 39%, with a striking rate difference between high-income and low-middle-income countries. Although the mortality rate consequent to TIP in r...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1007-9327
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i11.1925