Formerly Ibrahim Medical College Journal
Affiliations: Department of Internal Medicine, Ibrahim Medical College & BIRDEM, 122 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbag, Dhaka
Enteric fever commonly causes fatality from abdominal complications or toxemia but it can also cause death from complications of myocarditis albeit rarely. In September, 2005 a 22 year old man was admitted in BIRDEM with the features of pneumonia. Later on, the patient developed acute left ventricular failure and ultimately diagnosed as a case of drug resistant enteric fever with myocarditis
