CLINICAL PROFILE OF TYPHOID FEVER IN CHILDREN

Authors

  • Poonam Meena Medical Officer Government Hospital Dausa,
  • Satish Meena FNB Fellow, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Apollo Hospital Chennai
  • Ashok Meena Medical Officer Government Hospital Dausa
  • Kailash Meena Senior Professor, Department of Paeditrics, S M S Medical College Jaipur

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmbs.v5i12.2327

Keywords:

Enteric fever, Splenomegaly, Toxic look

Abstract

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

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Published

2021-12-01

How to Cite

Meena, P. ., Meena, S. ., Meena, A. ., & Meena, K. . (2021). CLINICAL PROFILE OF TYPHOID FEVER IN CHILDREN. International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies, 5(12). https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmbs.v5i12.2327

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Vol. 5 No. 12 (2021)

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