Role of classic signs as diagnostic predictors for enteric fever among returned travellers: Relative bradycardia and eosinopenia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The lack of characteristic clinical findings and accurate diagnostic tools has made the diagnosis of enteric fever difficult. We evaluated the classic signs of relative bradycardia and eosinopenia as diagnostic predictors for enteric fever among travellers who had returned from the tropics or subtropics.

Methods

This matched case-control study used data from 2006 to 2015 for culture-proven enteric fever patients as cases. Febrile patients (>38.3°C) with non-enteric fever, who had returned from the tropics or subtropics, were matched to the cases in a 1:3 ratio by age (±3 years), sex, and year of diagnosis as controls. Cunha's criteria were used for relative bradycardia. Absolute eosinopenia was defined as an eosinophilic count of 0/μL.

Results

Data from 160

SUBMITTER: Matono T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5482448 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature