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A 17-year-old young woman presented to Patan Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal, with high-grade fever and headache for 4 days and non-projectile vomiting for 1 day. She also had blurred vision with dizziness on and off. There was no abnormal physical finding. Enteric fever was suspected, and she was
BACKGROUND
Enteric fever remains a major cause of fever in travelers. We evaluated new trends in enteric fever.
METHODS
We reviewed the epidemiological, clinical, biological, bacteriological data, and outcome of all cases of typhoid and paratyphoid fever seen in our department over the last decade.
BACKGROUND
Travelers are often advised to receive both the typhoid fever and hepatitis A virus (HAV) vaccines, particularly when going to areas where the 2 diseases are endemic. Thus, combined administration of these vaccines could make immunization more acceptable by reducing the number of
BACKGROUND
Combined hepatitis A and typhoid vaccines have been widely used globally and proven to be safe, well tolerated and efficacious in adults. The combined hepatitis A and typhoid vaccine (Vivaxim) available in Australia is licenced for use from age 16 years but the monovalent components are
BACKGROUND
Rapid diagnostic tests play a pivotal role in the early diagnosis of malaria where microscopy or polymerase chain reaction are not immediately available.
METHODS
We report the case of a 39 year old traveler to Canada who presented with fever, headache, and abdominal pain after visiting
BACKGROUND
Typhoid is a common reason for seeking medical care in general practice in the developing countries, Use of the Widal and Felix test is frequent in this setting. The purpose of this study carried out in private general medicine clinics in Niamey, Niger was to determine the incidence of
Most cases of typhoid fever in the United States occur in international travelers, with the greatest risk associated with travel to Peru, India, Pakistan, and Chile. Laboratory workers and household contacts of long-term carriers are also at greater risk than the general population. Decisions to the
A study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Cefuroxime Axetil in enteric fever was carried out in 30 adult hospitalised patients of either sex. A positive blood culture for S. typhi and sensitivity to cefuroxime axetil were confirmed prior to treatment. On admission, the baseline signs and
Seasonal fluctuations were studied in the incidence of characteristic abdominal fever symptoms, such as headache, insomnia, asthenia, skin pallor, roseolous eruptions, protracted fever, drop in blood pressure, relative bradycardia, dicrotia, typhoid tongue, enlargement of the liver and spleen,
After the 2009-11 outbreak of typhoid and chikungunya (CHIK) in Thailand, an effort was made to use complete blood counts and clinical profiles to differentiate these diseases to facilitate earlier specific treatment.Patients aged 2-15 years having fever on The authors reviewed 210 children with typhoid and paratyphoid fevers; 191 were infected with S. typhi, 13 with S. paratyphi A and 6 with S. paratyphi B. The proportion was higher in school children. Fever, headache, tongue furred, stupor, and hepatomegaly were the most important clinical findings.
A 24-year-old Chinese woman was admitted for cholestatic jaundice following a short history of fever associated with headache and diarrhoea. She had mild hepatomegaly. Initial laboratory investigations were non-contributory. A percutaneous liver biopsy revealed inflammatory changes more in keeping
Some aspects of typhoid fever in 77 children are discussed. There were 48 boys and 29 girls and their ages ranged from 1 month to 12 years. The patients were treated with chloramphenicol 100 mg/kg/d during the first 2 weeks and with either amoxycillin (100 mg/kg/d) or ampicillin (200 mg/kg/d) during
BACKGROUND
Enteric fever is very common infectious disease in developing countries like Nepal. Due to lack of resources diagnosis has to be clinical most of the time. Hence a proposal of clinical diagnostic criteria and validation of the same would be very useful.
OBJECTIVE
To validate the proposed
A 45 year old male came with fever, headache, altered sensorium pallor and lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Laboratory investigations confirmed typhoid fever. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was suggestive of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.