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ArticleBMJ case reports2018

Typhoid fever with isolated left lateral rectus palsy.

Abishkar Thapa, Nancy Mittal, Gyan Kayastha, Buddha Basnyat

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Abishkar ThapaOxford University Clinical Research Unit, Patan Hospital, Lalitpur, Province - 3, Nepal.
Nancy MittalOxford University Clinical Research Unit, Patan Hospital, Lalitpur, Province - 3, Nepal.
Gyan KayasthaMedicine, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Province - 3, Nepal.
Buddha BasnyatOxford University Clinical Research Unit, Patan Hospital, Lalitpur, Province - 3, Nepal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3511-2654
Patan Hospital · NPPatan Academy of Health Sciences · NP

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 17-year-old young woman presented to Patan Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal, with high-grade fever and headache for 4 days and non-projectile vomiting for 1 day. She also had blurred vision with dizziness on and off. There was no abnormal physical finding. Enteric fever was suspected, and she was empirically started on azithromycin (20 mg/kg) for 7 days. She became afebrile after 2 days and was followed up in 7 days with diplopia since 5 days. At this time, the blood culture was positive for

Indexed as

Abducens Nerve DiseasesAdolescentAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAzithromycinDiplopiaFemaleHumansMethylprednisoloneNeuroprotective AgentsTyphoid FeverAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAzithromycinMethylprednisoloneNeuroprotective Agentscranial nervesinfection (gastroenterology)neuroopthalmologytropical medicine (infectious disease)

Identifiers

PMID30181402
PMCPMC6129080
OpenAlexW2889936452

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