Enteric Cholestatic Hepatitis with Ascites: A Rare Entity
Published: May 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/26707.9788
Samarth Virmani, Rama Bhat, Raghavendra Rao, Savio Dsouza, Nitin Bhat
1. Undergraduate Student, Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, (Manipal University), Manipal, Karnataka, India.
2. Professor, Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, (Manipal University), Manipal, Karnataka, India.
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, (Manipal University), Manipal, Karnataka, India.
4. Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, (Manipal University), Manipal, Karnataka, India.
5. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, (Manipal University), Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Raghavendra Rao,
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal-576104, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
E-mail: ragsmanipal1983@gmail.com
Typhoid fever is a very common illness in developing countries. Patients most often present with a history of fever, vomiting, anorexia, abdominal pain, etc. Rarely there is hepatic involvement due to the disease process. This is a case report of a 26-year-old male who had presented with fever, jaundice and ascites. The widal titres were found to be within normal limits (1:80) however the patient was found to have Salmonella typhi on ascitic fluid culture. The patient was treated with the appropriate antibiotics and was later discharged.
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