DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i11.002

Pages: 3501-3504

Introduction: Enteric fever is a systemic infectious disease which largely affects children. Enteric fever is characterized by fever and abdominal pain caused by dissemination of Salmonella typhi or Salmonella paratyphi type A, B, or C. The term 'enteric fever' is a collective term that refers to severe typhoid and paratyphoid. Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a bacterial infection due to Salmonella typhi that causes symptoms which may vary from mild to severe and usually begin six to thirty days after exposure. Aim of the study: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical profile of paediatric patients with enteric fever. Method: This was prospective observational study which was conducted of Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from January 2018 to December 2018. In total 177 paediatric patients with enteric fever with complete documents were selected as the study people. Proper approval from the ethical committee of the hospital and the proper written consents of all the participants were obtained before starting the intervention. Results: The highest number of patients was found from 7 to 12 years’ age group which was 47%. Then 33% were from 13-18 years’ age group and only 20% were from <6 years’ age group. Among the symptoms, abdominal pain was found among the highest number of patients and it was 63.84%. In antibiotic resistance test of this study we found ceftriaxone showed the best susceptibility in treating enteric fever in paediatric patients among seven selective antibiotics. Conclusion: Most of the paediatric patients with enteric fever were from 7-12 years age range. Abdominal pain and fever had been found as the most frequent symptoms of this disease. On the other hand ceftriaxone was fond as the most effective against enteric fever. All these finding may be helpful in treating the paediatric patients with enteric fever.