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Abstract Typhoid fever is a systemic infection caused hy S. typhi. The syroptaffiato logy and post-martum appearance of eyphDid fever were first accurately describedei in history by French workers such a Louis and Gerhard in the early years of the 19th century. The clinical picture of typhoid fever in infant is that. of mild gast.roenterjtis or of !38Vere septicernia Vamiting r abdOII:Ii na 1 dis tellS Lon and diarrhae a are common. The t.croperat.urlo’ may be variable but c~n ~c~Ch as high a~ 4~oC. Sei~ureS may be obslo’rved. l-!epatomegalY, can be marked. Sometimes, thO? di;~ease ro”nifel’ted ••’1th a locajaundiCe, i’l1\or8xia and weight loss liz eel i nf larnmatory ] ”,5io’lS or ore of th€ cornplic:atiors e.g. intestinal bleeding or J.’lo’rforation. ’{’he diagnosiS in in£arcy is of t.e n ma,llo’ by t he isola tion of SaLmone L’la ti·plt j or bol’lo’marrow aspirate. P,~tler i c revers are enoemic in tropical and frOID ~t:ool~. bloDU e;ubtropical regions, particularly whore of communaJ and pE’r scn al hi’ge Lne l’lre low. |