Sepsis and disseminated intravascular coagulation are rare complications of typhoid fever: A case report

• DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.103226
• Publication Date: 2022-01-03T23:59:17Z
• Authors: Nurnaningsih; Vincencius William; Desy Rusmawatinin...; Firdian Makrufardi; Intan Fatah Kumara
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Case Report; 3. Good health

and importance: Typhoid fever is an infection caused by Salmonella typhi. The common complications are intestinal perforation typhoid encephalopathy. Cases of with sepsis and/or disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) rarely reported, even though endemic in Indonesia.A 4-year-old male referral case from a district hospital was experiencing fever, decrease consciousness massive bleeding his gastrointestinal tract nose. Investigation revealed results the IgM test using Tubex®TF, score +8. PELOD 2 10, PSOFA 5. DIC 7. Based on these findings, patient diagnosed being complication fever.DIC mostly subclinical event, severe found uncommon, although scores which indicate imbalance fibrinolysis markedly elevated patients typhoid. can be part multi-organ dysfunction due to syndrome. Acute also result systemic activation coagulation.Sepsis rare fever. presented profound manifestation other than bleeding, since it symptom Further research should conducted postulate association between DIC.