Typhoid fever in hospitalized children in Singapore.
A study was conducted to determine the clinical features and severity of typhoid fever in children admitted to the Communicable Disease Centre, Singapore. Over a 5 year period (1990-94), 40 children had documented culture-proven typhoid fever. Nine of the 40 children (22.5%) were below the age of 5 years. The predominant presenting symptoms were fever and diarrhoea. Pneumonia and ileus were the only complications observed. No patient in the series died. Ten Salmonella typhi isolates were multi-drug resistant. The majority of the children were treated with chloramphenicol and ceftriaxone. Typhoid fever appears to be a mild disease in Singapore children.
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Department of Infectious Disease, Communicable Disease Centre, Singapore.
Masayu
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Chew
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SK
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012846:Singapore; D014195:Travel; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology