A clinical profile of multidrug resistant typhoid fever.
Indian Pediatr
;
1991 Oct; 28(10): 1171-4
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-11624
ABSTRACT
Fifty blood culture positive patients of typhoid fever were studied during the current outbreak of the disease for their clinical profile. In 39 (78%) cases the isolates of S. typhi were resistant to conventional drugs. Children below 2 years of age constituted 20% of the total cases and belonged exclusively to the group with multidrug resistant typhoid fever (MRTF). The clinical presentation seemed to mimic malaria, bronchopneumonia, meningitis, etc. Typhoid hepatitis was diagnosed in 2 cases with MRTF. Life threatening complications were seen in 28.2% patients and were observed exclusively in MRTF group.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Salmonella typhi
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Typhoid Fever
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Humans
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Drug Resistance, Microbial
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Child
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Child, Preschool
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian Pediatr
Year:
1991
Type:
Article
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