In developing countries, typhoid fever is mostly seen due to poor public health and low
socioeconomic indices. Currently Pakistan is going through the largest outbreak of XDR …

Introduction: Typhoid fever is a major public health issue in Pakistan. Variations in clinical
manifestations make diagnosis a challenging task. Over use of antibiotics make the …

Objectives: To study antibiotic sensitivity pattern of Salmonella typhi in children with enteric
fever. Study Design: Prospective, Consecutive sampling. Setting: Children Hospital and …

Emerging resistance of typhoid fever in Pakistan is one of the key issue and main danger
faced by the pediatric population. It is sparing neither any region nor any of the pediatric …

Objective: To describe the clinical spectrum of MDR and XDR typhoid fever in different age
groups of pediatric population as the disease is generally more common in children with …

Results: The average age of patients in this study was 5.16±3.449 years and weight of about
15.88±7.77 Kg. M: F ratio was approximately 1: 1. Outpatient admissions were 49 (72.1%) …

Background: Typhoid fever is a serious public-health problem in many developing countries
including India. There is a wide spectrum of clinical presentation and with the emergence of …

MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TYPHOID FEVER IN CHILDREN: A REVIEW REVIEW ARTICLE
Page 1 Introduction: Typhoid fever is a systemic infection caused by the gram negative …

Objectives: In resource limited countries facing a huge burden of multidrug resistant and
extensively drug resistant (XDR) enteric fever, treatment is a great challenge on the part of a …

Typhoid fever is a commonly encountered systemic disease caused by the gram negative
bacteria Salmonella enterica serover typhi. For the developing countries of the tropics and …