Open AccessCLINICAL PROFILE OF TYPHOID FEVER IN CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Poonam Meena,
Satish Kumar Meena,
Ashok Kumar Meena,
Kailash Meena
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v5i12.2327
Subject(s) - typhoid fever , medicine , widal test , disease , pediatrics , signs and symptoms , intestinal infectious diseases , prospective cohort study , salmonella typhi , virology , biochemistry , chemistry , escherichia coli , gene
Background: The present study describes the clinical presentation of typhoid fever.
Methods: The study was a hospital based prospective study. Children of age 2 -18 years who presented with fever of 5 days or more with clinical signs and symptoms suggestive of typhoid fever and positive Widal test or Typhidot tests were included in the study.
Results: Commonest sign noticed was toxic look (88.00%) followed by coated tongue (79.00%) and splenomegaly (63.00%). Hepatomegaly was also noted in 35.00% of cases.
Conclusion: Typhoid fever remains to be as an endemic disease in this locality. All the signs and symptoms of the disease are nonspecific common with other acute febrile illnesses; a definitive diagnosis of the disease is required for treatment and to prevent transmission.
Keywords: Enteric fever, Splenomegaly, Toxic look