Background and Objective: Typhoid fever is still a major health problem for which there are limited options for the diagnosis. Current diagnostic methods are time consuming with undesirable sensitivity. Among newer diagnostic methods, PCR is attractive and could be potentially very helpful in developing countries where systemic salmonella infections are endemic among children but needs to be in...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical and laboratory properties, to see the response to therapy, incidence of antimicrobial resistance and complications of Enteric Fever in children. METHODS This is a retrospective study of 82 cases of enteric fever admitted in department of pediatrics, Manipal Teaching hospital, Pokhara, Nepal. Study period was six years from (Jan 2000 to Dec 2005). RESULTS T...

A prospective study of 102 children with bacteriologically confirmed typhoid fever, admitted to Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia over 5 years was conducted. The average age at presentation was 91.3 (range 6 - 159) months. Fever (900%), abdominal pain (56%) and diarrhoea (44%) were common symptoms. Findings included: hepatomegaly (85.3%), splenomegaly (27.5%), anaemia (31%), leukopenia (15%). ...

background and objective: typhoid fever is still a major health problem for which there are limited options for the diagnosis. current diagnostic methods are time consuming with undesirable sensitivity. among newer diagnostic methods, pcr is attractive and could be potentially very helpful in developing countries where systemic salmonella infections are endemic among children but needs to be in...

Abstract Background The incidence of typhoid fever is increasing in Egypt. Widal test the evaluation most widely used Egypt for diagnosis, but it has many drawbacks; therefore, new diagnostic tools are needed. Our aim was to evaluate accuracy onsite IgG/IgM combo rapid diagnosing fever. Method Blood specimens were collected from 90 patients (of all ages) who presented with more than 4 days’ dur...

Background: The importance of accurate diagnosis infectious diseases is central and crucial to the effectiveness treatment prevention associated long-term complications such infections. objective this study was therefore determine accuracy Widal antibody titre test in typhoid fever relative gold standard blood culture technique.Methodology: A total 40 students attending Olabisi Onabanjo Univers...