- Paratyphoid and typhoid fever are types of enteric fever. (wikipedia.org)
- Paratyphoid is caused by the bacterium Salmonella enterica of the serotypes Paratyphi A, Paratyphi B, or Paratyphi C growing in the intestines and blood . (wikipedia.org)
- Paratyphoid fever , also known simply as paratyphoid , is a bacterial infection caused by one of the three types of Salmonella enterica . (wikipedia.org)
- updated information regarding the epidemiology of typhoid fever in the study area may aid policy makers to design appropriate intervention strategies. (biomedcentral.com)
- So far there is no data describing the epidemiology of typhoid fever in the study area. (biomedcentral.com)
- Moreover, a systematic and meta-analysis study in Ethiopia showed typhoidal Salmonella ( S. typhi ) accounted for 42.1% of the total isolates of Salmonella species reported from 1974 to 2006 years indicating typhoid fever is endemic in Ethiopia [ 10 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- It can present as a typhoid-like illness, as a severe gastroenteritis or with features of both. (wikipedia.org)
- Herpes labialis , rare in true typhoid fever, is frequently seen in paratyphoid B. Diagnosis is with isolation of the agent in blood or stool and demonstration of antibodies antiBH in the Widal test . (wikipedia.org)
- Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence, clinical presentation at the time of diagnosis and associated factors of typhoid fever among febrile patients visiting Shashemene Referral Hospital, southern Ethiopia. (biomedcentral.com)
- Despite its clinical importance, laboratory diagnosis of typhoid fever in resource-limited countries widely depends on non-specific clinical presentation and Widal test which has a low specificity and positive predictive value (PPV) [ 9 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- However, diagnosis of typhoid fever using blood culture is the mainstay of diagnosis and has good specificity and can proceed to antibiotic sensitivity test [ 15 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- Of these, the overall prevalence of culture-confirmed typhoid fever was 5.0% (21/421). (biomedcentral.com)
- As compared to the urban resident, the rural resident was 3.6 times more likely found to have culture-confirmed typhoid fever. (biomedcentral.com)
- Fever for ≥ 5 days, abdominal pain, and skin rash independently predicted blood culture-confirmed typhoid fever. (biomedcentral.com)
- A total of 421 adult febrile patients suspected of typhoid fever were included in the study. (biomedcentral.com)
- Symptoms usually begin 6-30 days after exposure and are the same as those of typhoid fever . (wikipedia.org)
- In 2010, the estimated global episodes of typhoid fever ranged from 13.9 to 26.9 million cases [ 8 ]. (biomedcentral.com)