Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 265-268 , September 2009

Early small bowel perforation and cochleovestibular impairment as rare complications of typhoid fever

  • Marlies E. van Wolfswinkel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Harbour Hospital and Institute for Tropical Diseases, Haringvliet 2, 3011 TD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Hakima Lahri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Harbour Hospital and Institute for Tropical Diseases, Haringvliet 2, 3011 TD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Pieter J. Wismans

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Harbour Hospital and Institute for Tropical Diseases, Haringvliet 2, 3011 TD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Pieter L.C. Petit

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Perry J.J. van Genderen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Harbour Hospital and Institute for Tropical Diseases, Haringvliet 2, 3011 TD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 010 4043305; fax: +31 010 4121645.

Received 16 September 2008 ,Revised 15 June 2009 ,Accepted 16 June 2009.

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PII: S1477-8939(09)00095-7

doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.06.003

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
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