Open AccessCLINICO – LABORATORY PROFILE OF ENTERIC FEVER IN CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Jasraj Bohra,
Kalpesh Kumar Jain
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.v5i8.2064
Subject(s) - medicine , widal test , typhoid fever , vomiting , enteric fever , abdominal pain , white blood cell , gastroenterology , blood culture , ceftriaxone , diarrhea , physical examination , salmonella typhi , antibiotics , pathology , biochemistry , chemistry , escherichia coli , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , gene
Background: The aim of the study was to study the clinical profile, laboratory parameters of enteric fever cases in pediatric age group.
Methods: This was a prospective study carried on Pediatric patients aged 1 to 14 years with clinically suspected enteric fever (fever for 5 days or more with no primary focus on clinical examination) and proven either by positive blood culture or Widal test with significant titre (level of both H or O antibodies of 1 in 160 dilution or more by tube method) were enrolled in the study.
Results: The mean white blood cell (WBC) count was 8256.32±1236.12 cells/cumm. Out of 100 patients, 73(73.00%) had WBC count within the normal range (4000-11000 cells/cumm). 3(3.00%) had leucopenia, while 24(24.00%) had leucocytosis. 4(4.00%) patients had thrombocytopenia
Conclusions: Enteric fever is major cause of febrile illness in children (especially school going). Fever with abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea were major clinical manifestations. There was 100% sensitivity to ceftriaxone, which was highly effective as monotherapy.
Keywords: WBC, Typhoid, Clinical profile.