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Typhoid fever MRI
Introduction
MRI
MRI
MRI may helpful in the diagnosis of complications of typhoid fever such as:[1][2]
- Neurological complications
- Liver and splenic abscesses
- Osteomyelitis
- Typhoid spine
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sejvar J, Lutterloh E, Naiene J, Likaka A, Manda R, Nygren B; et al. (2012). “Neurologic manifestations associated with an outbreak of typhoid fever, Malawi–Mozambique, 2009: an epidemiologic investigation”. PLoS One. 7 (12): e46099. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046099. PMC 3513310. PMID 23226492.
- ↑ Ahmed, Munawwar, et al. “Magnetic resonance imaging findings in a fatal case of Salmonella typhi-associated encephalopathy: A case report and literature review.” Neurology India 59.2 (2011): 270.
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