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Complicated typhoid meningitis with sixth cranial nerve palsy; a rare occurrence in Pakistan
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  • TEENA RAJPUT,
  • Maham Raheel,
  • Fasiha Sohail,
  • Bashir Ahmed
TEENA RAJPUT
Dr Ziauddin Hospital
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Maham Raheel
Ziauddin Medical University

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Fasiha Sohail
Ziauddin University
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Bashir Ahmed
National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases
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Abstract

Currently, there is an epidemic of extensively drug-resistant typhoid in Pakistan. We present a case of a 16-year-old female with extensively drug-resistant typhoid on blood cultures and associated complications: meningitis and bilateral sixth cranial nerve involvement, which is the first-ever case reported in Pakistan.