Open AccessThe need for high index of suspicion in early diagnosis of typhoid fever in young children
Author(s) -
MU Amadife,
FE Iyare
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v15i3.37246
Subject(s) - typhoid fever , medicine , pediatrics , malaria , fever of unknown origin , sepsis , disease , salmonella typhi , presentation (obstetrics) , surgery , immunology , pathology , biochemistry , chemistry , escherichia coli , gene
The diagnosis of typhoid fever in young children is more difficult than in the adult due to the unusual pattern of presentation. This letter aims to sensitize general physicians and paediatricians on the need for a high index of suspicion in the diagnosis of typhoid fever in children.