The clinical and microbiological characteristics of enteric fever in Cambodia, 2008-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Enteric fever remains a major public health problem in low resource settings and antibiotic resistance is increasing. In Asia, an increasing proportion of infections is caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A, which for a long time was assumed to cause a milder clinical syndrome compared to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi.

Methodology

A retrospective chart review study was conducted of 254 unique cases of blood culture confirmed enteric fever who presented at a referral adult hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia between 2008 and 2015. Demographic, clinical and laboratory data were collected from clinical charts and antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed. Whole genome sequence analysis was performed on a subset of 121 isolates.

Results

One-h

SUBMITTER: Kuijpers LMF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5624643 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature