Healthcare Utilization Patterns for Acute Febrile Illness in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan: Results from the Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project [PDF]
Background: Characterizing healthcare-seeking patterns for acute febrile illness is critical for generating population-based enteric fever incidence estimates from facility-based surveillance data.
Aiemjoy, K+14 more
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Typhoid and Paratyphoid Cost of Illness in Pakistan: Patient and Health Facility Costs from the Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project II [PDF]
Background: The objective of this study was to estimate the cost of illness from enteric fever (typhoid and paratyphoid) at selected sites in Pakistan. Methods: We implemented a cost-of-illness study in 4 hospitals as part of the Surveillance for Enteric
Abimbola, T+7 more
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Burden of Culture Confirmed Enteric Fever Cases in Karachi, Pakistan: Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project (SEAP), 2016-2019 [PDF]
Background: The Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project (SEAP) is a multicenter, multicountry study conducted in Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh. The objectives of the study were to characterize disease incidence among patients with enteric fever.
Andrews, JR+17 more
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Honing in on enteric fever [PDF]
The use of metabolomics could lead to improved diagnostics for enteric fever.
Quarraisha Abdool Karim+1 more
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Diagnosis of enteric fever in the emergency department: a retrospective study from Pakistan [PDF]
Background:Enteric fever is one of the top differential diagnoses of fever in many parts of the world. Generally, the diagnosis is suspected and treatment is initiated based on clinical and basic laboratory parameters.Aims: The present study identifies ...
A González+22 more
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Study of current prescribing pattern of antimicrobial drugs in indoor cases of enteric fever in a tertiary care hospital [PDF]
Background: Rational antibiotic prescription is very important to prevent antimicrobial resistance. Hence the present study was conducted to evaluate the prescribing pattern of antimicrobial drugs in indoor enteric fever patients of medicine and ...
Choure, Balwant K.+3 more
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Temporal fluctuation of multidrug resistant salmonella typhi haplotypes in the mekong river delta region of Vietnam. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: typhoid fever remains a public health problem in Vietnam, with a significant burden in the Mekong River delta region. Typhoid fever is caused by the bacterial pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S.
Baker, Stephen+13 more
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Trimethoprim in enteric fever [PDF]
Seventy-one patients suffering from typhoid or paratyphoid fever were treated with trimethoprim. Sixty-three were cured. Only three patients continued to excrete Salmonella typhi in stools at the time of discharge from hospital. Trimethoprim alone is a suitable agent for the treatment of enteric fever.
Christian Herzog+3 more
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