WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY, cilt.31, sa.9, ss.1883-1888, 2007 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Background Typhoid fever (TF) is a severe febrile illness caused by Salmonella typhi. One of the most lethal complications of TF is ileal perforation (TIP). Although the mortality of associated with TIP has decreased slightly over the past decade, it is still high.