Profile of typhoid fever in children from a tertiary care hospital in Chennai-South India

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1089-1092

  Ganesh, Ramaswamy ^a   Janakiraman, Lalitha ^a   Vasanthi, Thiruvengadam ^a   Sathiyasekeran, Malathi ^a  

^a KANCHI KAMAKOTI CHILDS TRUST HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Eosinopenia NARST; Typhoid

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; TYPHOID VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; EOSINOPENIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TYPHOID FEVER;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 78649328796     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0196-9     Document Type: Article

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