title: Clinical and laboratory profile of enteric fever in children in northern India.
abstract: The diagnosis of enteric fever poses several problems due to the non-specific and wide array of clinical features. A five-year retrospective study enrolling 136 culture-proven cases of enteric fever was undertaken in order to estimate the clinical and laboratory characteristics, fever clearance time and outcome. The common symptoms and signs were: fever, vomiting, cough, anorexia, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly and coated tongue. Enteric fever should be considered in the differential diagnosis of febrile patients with abdominal symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana 141008, Punjab, India. drgdheer@gmail.com
authors.forename: Geetika
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dheer
authors.forename: Shaveta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kundra
authors.forename: Tejinder
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010284:Paratyphoid Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012482:Salmonella paratyphi A / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology