Journal article
Risk Factors for Enteric Perforation in Patients with Typhoid Fever
Abstract
A case-control study was performed using the records of patients hospitalized for typhoid fever at Dicle University Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey, between 1994 and 1998. Case patients with enteric perforation were compared with control patients with typhoid fever but no enteric perforation. Risk factors for perforation were determined using logistic regression modeling. Forty case patients who had surgery because of typhoid enteric perforation …
Authors
Hosoglu S; Aldemir M; Akalin S; Geyik MF; Tacyildiz IH; Loeb M
Journal
American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 160, No. 1, pp. 46–50
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
July 1, 2004
DOI
10.1093/aje/kwh172
ISSN
0002-9262