Erschienen in:
28.01.2016 | Scientific Letter
Typhoid Fever in Children below 2 years of Age
verfasst von:
Ramaswamy Ganesh, R. Karthik Prabhu, Lalitha Janakiraman
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
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Ausgabe 6/2016
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Excerpt
To the Editor: Typhoid fever, caused by
S. typhi, remains a global health problem. Owais et al. have reported the incidence of typhoid bacteremia in children <2 y of age to be 443.1 per 100,000 child-years [
1]. The clinical presentation of typhoid fever can be varied and non-specific in young children. There is paucity of data on typhoid fever in children below 2 y from India and hence this study was conducted. …