Clinico-Bacteriological Profile of Typhoid Fever in a Private Sector Hospital in New Delhi.

Objective: To describe the demographic, clinical, laboratory and bacteriological profile of children with diagnosis of typhoid fever over a six-year period.

Methods: Case record analysis of hospitalized children (≤5 y) with culture positive typhoid fever.

Results: Blood culture was positive in 100 (61%) of 166 suspected cases, with 78 isolates of Salmonella Typhi and 22 Salmonella Paratyphi A.