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Abstract
In a trial to make an estimate of the typhoid fever problem in such developing countries WHO workers in 1980 designed an international workshop in typhoid fever in India , Egypt , Indonesia and other countries. They estimated the occurrence of about 15 thousand cases annually in Egypt. (Eldeman &Levine,1986). Typhoid fever is still a very important public health problem in Egypt and Suez governorate as a part of Egypt .
This research was conducted to study the clinical picture , laboratory findings , response to antimicrobial treatment and outcome of typhoid fever nowadays.
This study was carried out in Suez fever hospital ,Suez governorate , Egypt . The study included 59 persons who were clinically suspected cases of typhoid ( patients have fever, headache , abdominal pain ) with their Widal O agglutinin titer 1/320 , they were between the age of (2-60) years , 32 of them (54.2%)were male .We excluded patients had history of antibiotic intake 2 days before blood culture . They was consecutively included in the study
All people in the study was subjected to the following:
Full history taking: including sociodemographic ,symptoms , previous exposure to risk activities (eating outdoor , unsafe water supply , antacids intake , and previous schistosomal infection) .
Clinical examination: full clinical examination including signs of complicated typhoid fever .
Investigations:
• Patients with suspected enteric fever was investigated with blood culture( was done twice to increase the chance of isolation of the organism) ,Widal test , serum bilirubin , liver enzymes (ALT , AST) & complete blood count after taking the information concerning the duration of illness before admission & the history of prior antibiotic