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ArticleJournal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives2020

Sigmoid volvulus: a rare but unique complication of enteric fever.

Muhammad Sohaib Asghar, Abubakar Tauseef, Hiba Shariq, Maryam Zafar, Rumael Jawed, Uzma Rasheed, Mustafa Dawood, Haris Alvi, Saad Aslam, Marium Tauseef

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Article in Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives, 2020. 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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Muhammad Sohaib AsgharInternal Medicine, Dow University Hospital, DUHS, Karachi, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0001-6705-2030
Abubakar TauseefInternal Medicine, Dow University Hospital, DUHS, Karachi, Pakistan.
Hiba ShariqInternal Medicine, Dow University Hospital, DUHS, Karachi, Pakistan.
Maryam ZafarInternal Medicine, Dow University Hospital, DUHS, Karachi, Pakistan.
Rumael JawedGeneral Surgery, Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Uzma RasheedInternal Medicine, Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-0596-7766
Mustafa DawoodInternal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Centre, Towson, MD, USA.
Haris AlviMedicine, Dow University Hospital, DUHS, Karachi, Pakistan.
Saad AslamInternal Medicine, Dow University Hospital, DUHS, Karachi, Pakistan.
Marium TauseefInternal Medicine, Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre, JSMU, Karachi, Pakistan.

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Abstract

We present a case of sigmoid volvulus in a young male patient with culture-proven Salmonella Typhi in the blood which was sensitive to Meropenem and Azithromycin only, presented with fever, vomiting, loose stools, hematochezia, abdominal distention and tenderness with no signs of perforation on erect chest x-ray. Further, radiological imaging showed signs of sigmoid volvulus. An urgent colonic decompression with untwisting of the mesentery was performed. In our case, it can be said that sigmoid volvulus was developed as a complication of multiple drug-resistant strains of Salmonella Typhi. The resistance is acquired by alteration in the genome sequence. Currently, it is important to control such an unknown outbreak of multiple drug-resistant strains of Salmonella Typhi as it is a serious health care issue of disease control and prevention in Pakistan.

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entericmesenteryobstructionperforationtwistingVolvulus

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PMCPMC7034514

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