Typhoid fever and viral hepatitis.

Feco-oral route is the most common mode of transmission for both enteric fever and hepatitis A and E, and thus infection by these agents may occur concurrently especially in tropical endemic areas like India. In this scenario, there occurs a diagnostic dilemma with respect to differentiation from 'typhoid hepatitis', the hepatic manifestations of typhoid fever. We herein present such a case and discuss pertinent issues.