Typhoid fever in paediatric patients in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
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Typhoid fever in paediatric patients in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
OBJECTIVES To determine the seropositivity of typhoid fever in febrile pediatric patients presenting to tertiary care center. METHODS This observational study was conducted at Children Hospital Quetta (CHQ) from July 2011 to March 2012. The children with three or more days fever, no obvious focus of infection and clinically suspected of typhoid fever were screened. Sterile Blood samples were ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1681-715X
DOI: 10.12669/pjms.294.3251