ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY IN CULTURE POSITIVE ENTERIC FEVER

Enteric fever in Karachi: current antibiotic susceptibility of Salmonellae isolates.

OBJECTIVE To determine the current sensitivity and resistance profile of Salmonellae (S.) isolates in a laboratory setting. STUDY DESIGN An observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Dr. Essa`s Laboratory and Diagnostic Centre, Karachi, Pakistan, from November 2008 - October 2010. METHODOLOGY Isolates from blood culture specimens of 481 bacteraemic patients were identified using con...

Enteric Fever

ENTERIC FEVER. By Thomas O'Farrell, M.A., M.D., Surgeon, A. 31. D. That enteric fever is prevalent in India, especially among those who have recently changed their residence from England to this country, is a well-recognized fact, yet here, as well as at home, a variety of opinions are held as to the causation and propagation of the disease. <Ve have the great contagionist, "William Badd, asser...

Enteric Fever

Enteric Fever in Natives

In B. the bowels were loose on the 4th and 5th day. From the 7th to the 14th day the stools were passed unconsciously. In C. there was constipation for a few days. On the 7th the bowels were open twice. On 12th stool thin with whitish deposit. In D. on the 6th and 7th days two stools, on the lltli day two stools. In E. one thin yellowish stool on the 5th day. From this it will be seen that diar...

Enteric Fever in Bengal

By J. B. Hannah, M.D., and Thomas O'Farrell, M.A., M.D., Assistant Surgeons, 63rd Regiment. The subject of this paper was suggested by a study of the statistical returns of fevers in the Bengal Presidency from 1864 to 1868 inclusive, as given in the Army Medical Reports of those years. It will be seen by the accompanying table, that, in the year 1864, the number of cases of enteric fever throug...