Age-related clinical and microbiological characteristics of enteric fever in India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 942-948

  Walia, Mandeep ^a   Gaind, Rajni ^a   Paul, Premila ^a   Mehta, Rajesh ^a   Aggarwal, Pushpa ^a   Kalaivani, Mani ^b  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Enteric fever; India; Salmonella Paratyphi A; Salmonella Typhi

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI;

EID: 33746660817     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.02.015     Document Type: Article

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