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Typhoid with pancytopenia: Revisiting a forgotten foe: Two case reports
Rupendra Nath Saha, Jayachandran Selvaraj, Stalin Viswanathan, Vivekanandan Pillai, Department of General Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry 605006, India
Author contributions: Saha RN contributed to drafting the manuscript; Selvaraj J contributed to images and concept; Viswanathan S contributed to literature review and editing; Pillai V contributed to editing and final approval.
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Corresponding author: Stalin Viswanathan, MD, Additional Professor, Department of General Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Dhanvantri Nagar, Gorimedu, Pondicherry 605006, India. stalinviswanathan@ymail.com
Received: August 26, 2022
Peer-review started: August 26, 2022
First decision: September 5, 2022
Revised: September 12, 2022
Accepted: November 29, 2022
Article in press: November 29, 2022
Published online: January 5, 2023
Processing time: 130 Days and 11 Hours
Peer-review started: August 26, 2022
First decision: September 5, 2022
Revised: September 12, 2022
Accepted: November 29, 2022
Article in press: November 29, 2022
Published online: January 5, 2023
Processing time: 130 Days and 11 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Despite the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, typhoid fever remains a cause of acute febrile illness and cytopenia. Typhoid fever can rarely cause pregnancy loss, so acute febrile illnesses in pregnancy should not be neglected. Even with significant improvements in sanitation and water supply, contaminated food remains a problematic source of typhoid fever.