Typhoid fever in children - A retrospective study of 54 cases from Malaysia

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 260-262

  Yap, Y F ^a   Puthucheary, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bacteriological isolation; Fever; Relapse; Widal test

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0031880409     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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