Profile of Typhoid Fever in Children from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Chennai-South India

Aim To study the clinical profile and outcome of hospitalized children with typhoid fever. Materials and Methods A retrospective study was conducted in a private tertiary care children’s hospital over a 3 year period. Results A total of 316 children (7 in every 1000 admissions) were diagnosed to hav...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Indian journal of pediatrics 2010-10, Vol.77 (10), p.1089-1092
Hauptverfasser:	Ganesh, Ramaswamy, Janakiraman, Lalitha, Vasanthi, Thiruvengadam, Sathiyasekeran, Malathi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Female General aspects Gynecology Hospitals, Pediatric Human bacterial diseases Humans India - epidemiology Infectious diseases Length of Stay Male Medical sciences Medicine Medicine & Public Health Original Article Pediatrics Retrospective Studies Typhoid Fever - diagnosis Typhoid Fever - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Aim To study the clinical profile and outcome of hospitalized children with typhoid fever. Materials and Methods A retrospective study was conducted in a private tertiary care children’s hospital over a 3 year period. Results A total of 316 children (7 in every 1000 admissions) were diagnosed to have typhoid fever during this period. More than one third were aged between 5 and 10 years and most cases (38%) clustered around the months of January to April. Around 59% of children in our series were unimmunised against typhoid. Eosinopenia was seen in 72 %. There was a significant increase in NARST ( p
ISSN:	0019-5456 0973-7693
DOI:	10.1007/s12098-010-0196-9