title: Enteric Fever in a Multicultural Canadian Tertiary Care Pediatric Setting: A 28-Year Review.
abstract: We undertook a 28-year review of enteric fever at a large tertiary care pediatric center. Most cases occurred in children who visited friends and relatives in the Indian subcontinent, and there was significant antibiotic resistance. Documented vaccination rates were low, and many cases also had evidence of delays in diagnosis and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics.|University of Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, BC Children's Hospital.|University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Laura J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Sauve
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine.|University of Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.affiliation: Division of Social Paediatrics.|University of Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: E Lee
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Ford-Jones
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children.|University of Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: Shaun K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000208:ethnology; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D003906:Developing Countries; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012482:Salmonella paratyphi A; D012485:Salmonella typhi; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D000076082:Travel-Related Illness; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: Salmonella paratyphi; Salmonella typhi; enteric fever; typhoid