Background: To study the reliability of a single Widal test and to find out the diagnostic significance of ‘O’ and ‘H’ agglutinin titre in the diagnosis of typhoid fever. Methods: Community-based case-control study conducted from Jan 2001 to June 2007. The blood samples were collected from the medical and out door department of Sir Ganga Ram Hospitals, Lahore. The diagnostic value of an acute p...

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol9no3/02-0208-app.htm[7/26/2010 4:55:29 PM] Appendix: Important Anthroponoses, Zoonoses, and Sapronoses1 Anthroponoses Measles*; rubella; mumps; influenza; common cold; viral hepatitis; poliomyelitis; AIDS*; infectious mononucleosis; herpes simplex; smallpox; trachoma; chlamydial pneumonia and cardiovascular disease*; mycoplasmal infections*; typhoid fever; chole...

Typhoid fever is a systemic prolonged febrile illness caused by a bacteria Salmonella typhi. The disease is transmitted through ingestion of food or water contaminated with faeces or urine of infected persons. Acute typhoid fever is characterized by prolonged fever, disturbances of bowel functions (constipation or diarrhoea), headache, malaise and anorexia. Cough is common in the early stage of...

Between one and five percent of travelers from industrialized countries to the developing world seek medical attention during or immediately after their travel.1 International travelers who present to the emergency department (ED) with fever pose a unique challenge to the emergency physician (EP). In addition to the usual causes of fever, the EP must consider less common diseases in the differe...

Introduction Typhoid or enteric fever is an ancient disease, which has afflicted mankind since human populations grew large enough to contaminate their water and food supplies. It is caused by Salmonella enterica serovar typhi (previously known as salmonella typhi), a pathogen specific only to humans, as well as by certain non-typhoid salmonella (NTS), particularly Paratyphoid strains A, B, C. ...

Numerous studies from various parts of India on the various aspects of typhoid fever have been published during the last 20 years. In going through the published Indian literature, one finds that not many cases have been reported before 1920. In the past, owing to lack of laboratory facilities in India, the diagnosis of enteric fever was mainly based on clinical evidence, but the only positive ...

We report a case of typhoid fever with an unusual presentation: prolonged fever with cutaneous vasculitis, pleural effusion and splenic abscess. The diagnosis was made upon Widal serology, and after ruling out other causes of leukocytoclastic vasculitis. The outcome was favourable with antibiotics alone and without surgery.This is the second case of cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis associa...

BACKGROUND Typhoid fever is a severe infective disease endemic in the areas where sanitation is poor. Its serious complication is bowel perforation with terminal ileum as the commonest perforation site. We report a case of an extremely unusual site of perforation in sigmoid colon due to typhoid fever. METHODS An 18-month-old boy presented with no passage of flatus and feces along with guardin...

BACKGROUND Enteric fever due to Salmonella Typhi (typhoid fever) occurs in urban areas with poor sanitation. While direct fecal-oral transmission is thought to be the predominant mode of transmission, recent evidence suggests that indirect environmental transmission may also contribute to disease spread. METHODS Data from a population-based infectious disease surveillance system (28,000 indiv...