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To the Editor: In their review article about typhoid fever, Parry et al. (Nov. 28 issue)¹ describe the clinical features of infection with Salmonella enterica serotype typhi but do not mention renal failure as an important complication. We have reviewed data for all hospitalized adults with proven enterobacterial infection during a two-year period. Patients with chronic renal failure were excluded. Renal failure was defined as a serum creatinine concentration of more than 1.5 mg per deciliter for men and more than 1.3 mg per deciliter for women. Of 107 adults included in the study, 44 had salmonella infection and 63 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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