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Typhoid Severity

Counts severity and complication features in confirmed or suspected typhoid (Salmonella Typhi/Paratyphi) infection to guide admission, antibiotic route, and adjunctive therapy.

01 / Clinical inputsComplete the fields below

Altered mental status / encephalopathy

Shock or hypotension

Significant GI bleeding

Intestinal perforation (clinical or imaging)

Myocarditis (clinical or troponin rise)

Pneumonia or ARDS

Severe anemia (Hb < 7 g/dL)

Severe thrombocytopenia (< 50 ×10⁹/L)

Hepatitis (transaminases > 5× ULN, jaundice)

Paralytic ileus or marked abdominal distension

The original source

Parry CM, Hien TT, Dougan G, White NJ, Farrar JJ. Typhoid fever. New England Journal of Medicine 2002.

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