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Malaria and typhoid fever among patients presenting with febrile illnesses in Ga West Municipality, Ghana.
PLoS One
May 2023
Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Background: Clinicians in areas where malaria and typhoid fever are co-endemic often treat infected patients irrationally, which may lead to the emergence of drug resistance and extra cost to patients. This study determined the proportion of febrile conditions attributable to either malaria and/or typhoid fever and the susceptibility patterns of Salmonella spp. isolates to commonly used antimicrobial agents in Ghana.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecent advances in the diagnosis and management of typhoid fever in Africa: A review.
Int J Health Plann Manage
March 2023
School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Article Synopsis
- Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella bacteria, is a significant public health threat in Africa due to inadequate healthcare resources and ineffective disease control policies.
- The traditional Widal serological test for diagnosing typhoid is being replaced by blood cultures and clinical assessments, especially in cases where blood cultures can't be performed.
- Treatment of typhoid fever has evolved from chloramphenicol to current reliance on fluoroquinolones, macrolides, and cephalosporins, while efforts to improve diagnosis and management are being enhanced amid rising antibiotic resistance.
Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility level of typhoid fever in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Prev Med Rep
February 2022
Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Ministry of Health, Ethiopia.
Typhoid fever continues to be a health challenge in low-and middle-income countries where access to clean water and sanitation infrastructure is scarce. The non-confirmatory diagnostic method continues to hinder effective diagnosis and treatment, ensuring in a high antimicrobial resistance. This systematic review and -analysis aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility level of typhoid fever in Ethiopia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinico-Bacteriological Profile of Typhoid Fever in a Private Sector Hospital in New Delhi.
Indian Pediatr
December 2019
Department of Pediatrics, Max Superspeciality Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi, India.
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.
Management of Typhoid Fever - Clinical and Historical Perspectives in Korea.
Infect Chemother
September 2019
Department of Internal Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
Typhoid fever, showed a dramatic decrease in its incidence from 56 per 100,000 population just after Korea's independence to <1 per 100,000 population in 2000s. The clinical features of patients with typhoid fever in Korea were not too different from those reported in textbooks. Beyond cultures and Widal test, other diagnostic techniques such as string capsule culture and polymerase chain reaction have been tried in Korea.
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