Typhoid fever below five years.
Indian Pediatr
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1990 Feb; 27(2): 153-6
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-6979
ABSTRACT
During a seven year period (1981-87), 53 cases of typhoid fever in children below five years were seen. This accounted for 13.5% of all typhoid admission in pediatrics during the above period. Predominant symptoms were fever (100%), vomiting (52.8%), diarrhea (30.2%) and anorexia (24.5%). Chills and rigor associated with fever was noticed in 38% of the children. Salmonella typhi was isolated from blood in 22 of 53 (41.7%) cases. A significant finding on peripheral smear was eosinopenia (86.8%). Complications like endotoxic shock, enteric encephalopathy and gastrointestinal hemorrhage were noticed in only few cases (7.6%). There were no deaths.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Typhoid Fever
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Child, Preschool
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Retrospective Studies
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India
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Infant
Type of study:
Observational study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian Pediatr
Year:
1990
Type:
Article
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