title: [Enteric fever in Madrid. A review of the last 30 years].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Our aim is analyze the epidemiological factors of enteric fever in Madrid (Spain) over the last 30 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective review was conducted on cases of typhoid and paratyphoid fever studied in the Fundación Jiménez Díaz (Madrid) between 1980 and 2010. Two similar periods in time were studied (P1: 1980-1993; P2: 1994-2010).
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a total of 61 confirmed cases of enteric fever: 51 (84%) were typhoid and 10 were paratyphoid: 45 patients were native Spanish (40 belonging to P1) and 16 were immigrants (15 in P2, with 11 of them coming from the Indian sub-continent).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Enteric fever must be present in the differential diagnosis of persistent fever without clear focus in immigrants, mainly from the Indian subcontinent, and travelers from endemic areas.
authors: Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. acabello@fjd.es
authors: Alfonso
authors: A
authors: Cabello
authors: Juan Francisco
authors: JF
authors: Bayona
authors: Ricardo
authors: R
authors: Fernández-Roblas
authors: Manuel
authors: M
authors: Fernández-Guerrero
authors: José Manuel
authors: JM
authors: Ramos
authors: Miguel
authors: M
authors: de Górgolas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010284:Paratyphoid Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014504:Urban Health