Enteric fever is systemic illness caused by Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A, B and C. It is believed to be a readily treatable illness by many clinicians in the developing world where it is endemic; however, with the emergence of drug resistance to fluoroquinolones, treatment is becoming increasingly difficult. While drugs such as cefixime,
Anil Pandit, Amit Arjyal
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Levels of feline infectious peritonitis virus in blood, effusions, and various tissues and the role of lymphopenia in disease outcome following experimental infection. [PDF]
Twenty specific pathogen free cats were experimentally infected with a virulent cat-passaged type I field strain of FIPV. Eighteen cats succumbed within 2-4 weeks to effusive abdominal FIP, one survived for 6 weeks, and one seroconverted without outward ...
Eckstrand, Chrissy +4 more
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Clinical Profile of Enteric Fever in Children of a Tertiary Care Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal
Background: Enteric fever, commonly known as typhoid fever has becoming a global public health problem in the developing countries . It is one of the common infectious diseases of humans, fever lasting for more than 7 days.
Sunil Budhathoki +5 more
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Clinical Profile and Prescription Patterns in Culture-proven Enteric Fever in Children [PDF]
Aim: We aimed to study the clinical profile of enteric fever in children at an urban tertiary care children's hospital in South India. Materials and methods: We carried out a retrospective study of culture-proven enteric fever in children aged 0–18 years
Divya Priyadharshini +4 more
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Salmonella Typhi, Paratyphi A, Enteritidis and Typhimurium core proteomes reveal differentially expressed proteins linked to the cell surface and pathogenicity [PDF]
Background: Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica contains more than 2,600 serovars of which four are of major medical relevance for humans. While the typhoidal serovars (Typhi and Paratyphi A) are human-restricted and cause enteric fever, non-typhoidal ...
Barbé, Barbara +7 more
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Microbial exopolysaccharide production by polyextremophiles in the adaptation to multiple extremes
Polyextremophiles are microorganisms that endure multiple extreme conditions by various adaptation strategies that also include the production of exopolysaccharides (EPSs). This review provides an integrated perspective on EPS biosynthesis, function, and regulation in these organisms, emphasizing their critical role in survival and highlighting their ...
Tracey M Gloster, Ebru Toksoy Öner
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Uncommon presentations of enteric fever: A report of three cases
Rationale: Enteric fever is a major public health problem in developing and underdeveloped counties. Extraintestinal manifestations in typhoid are estimated in 27% cases and are associated with severe and complicated diseases.
Ruhi Khan +3 more
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Clinico-microbiological profile of adults with enteric fever
Background: Enteric fever is a major public health problem; the burden of disease worldwide is approximately 11.9–26.9 million cases and 129,000–217,000 deaths each year. The burden of disease in India is approximately 6 million per year.
Rishikesh Dessai, Amit Yadav, Ambuj Garg
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Invasive bacterial infections in Gambians with sickle cell anaemia in an era of widespread Pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccination [PDF]
Background: There is relatively little data on the aetiology of bacterial infections in patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) in West Africa, and no data from countries that have implemented conjugate vaccines against both Streptococcus pneumoniae and ...
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