Ileal Perforation and Enteric Fever: Implications for Burden of Disease Estimation.
Swathi Krishna NjarekkattuvalappilMaria ThomasArti KapilKarnika SaigalPallab RayShalini AnandanSavitha NagarajJayanthi ShastriSulochana Putli Bai PerumalDasaratha Ramaiah JinkaShajin ThankarajVijayanand IsmavelPradeep ZachariahAshita SinghMadhu GuptaSheena Evelyn EbenezerMathew Santosh ThomasDhruva GhoshKamal KatariaMamta SengerSundaram BalasubramanianGagandeep KangJacob JohnPublished in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2022)
Enteric fever remains the most common cause of nontraumatic ileal perforation in India, followed by tuberculosis. Better modalities of establishing etiology are required to classify the illness, and frame management guidelines and preventive measures. CFR data are critical for comprehensive disease burden estimation and policymaking.