Typhoid Myelitis

Acute transverse myelitis following typhoid vaccination

Transverse myelitis.

Transverse myelitis (TM) includes a pathobiologically heterogeneous syndrome characterized by acute or subacute spinal cord dysfunction resulting in paresis, a sensory level, and autonomic (bladder, bowel, and sexual) impairment below the level of the lesion. Etiologies for TM can be broadly classified as parainfectious, paraneoplastic, drug/toxin-induced, systemic autoimmune disorders, and acq...

Typhoid Fever and Typhoid Carriers

Recurrent myelitis.

Three patients presented with acute complete transverse myelopathy which relapsed several times at the same site. These patients, two women and one man, had two to five attacks spanning three to seven years. All patients underwent detailed investigations including a complete myelogram and serial evoked potential studies. Oligoclonal bands were present in the CSF in one patient. Brain MRI was no...

The Typhoid Bacillus and Typhoid Fever

This is merely a reprint in book form of the Qoulstonian Lectures, three in number, delivered this year. They appeared in the issues of The Lancet for March 24th and 31st, and April 14th. An epitome of the first two lectures was given at pp. 276, 277 of The Indian Medical Gazette for July. The last lecture deals with the agglutinating reaction, its history, technique, persistence and prognosis ...