Incidence, antimicrobial susceptibility & out of pocket expenditure of severe enteric fever in Chandigarh, north India.

ABSTRACT: Background & objectives Burden estimates of enteric fever are required to make policy decisions on introducing typhoid vaccine in India. Incidence, antimicrobial susceptibility, and out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) of enteric fever are estimated in Chandigarh, India. Methods A hybrid (facility and community-based) surveillance system was set up at a secondary care hospital to enrol patients above six months of age, hospitalized with fever, from a defined catchment population from May 2018 to March 2020. Blood samples were collected and cultured using an automated system (BD BACTECTM blood culture system). The Salmonella Typhi and S. Paratyphi isolates were characterized for antimicrobial susceptibility. OOPE was recorded after 14 and 28 days of discharge. Results Blood samples were collect

SUBMITTER: Gupta M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11463869 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature