245 patients with typhoid fever were admitted in university of isfahan medical centers during the last 4 years are reported here in this study. the diagnosis was confirmed in each case by the history of the exposure physical examination, widal seroreaction and blood culture test. the highest incidence of the disease occurred between 10-19 years of age, and mostly in summer months, during june, ...

Laboratory diagnosis of typhoid fever requires isolation and identification of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi. In many areas where this disease is endemic, laboratory capability is limited. Recent advances in molecular immunology have led to the identification of sensitive and specific markers for typhoid fever and technology to manufacture practical and inexpensive kits for their rapid det...

Condition on admission.?Temperature, 102?F.; pulse rate, 112; respirations, 26 per minute. The pulse was of fairly good volume and did not give any indication of internal haemorrhage at the time. Tongue, coated and moist. Abdomen, slightly tympanitic, resonant all over, and not rigid. No enlargement of spleen and liver. Bowels constipated for about four days after the last two hemorrhagic stool...