DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i12.070

Pages: 5037-5043

This cross sectional study was carried out in the Pediatric & Medicine wards of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH), Chittagong during the period between July 2012 and June 2013, the study was aimed to identify antibiotic sensitivity pattern of Salmonella typhi among children of typhoid fever in a tertiary care hospital. We selected 150 suspected cases of typhoid fever (age >6 months to18years) admitted in the above mentioned hospital and enrolled in this study. Majority (56.7%) of the patients belonged to 1-5 years of age and male to female ratio was 1.2:1. More than a half (56.0%) of the patients came from rural area. Blood C/S for salmonella typhi was found positive in 16(10.7%) cases and out of which only 1(6.25%) received typhoid vaccination.