STUDY OF DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERN, CLINICAL PICTURE & RECENT TREND OF ANTIBIOGRAM OF ENTERIC FEVER IN PEDIATRIC AGE GROUP

DR RASHMI RANDA; DR JAYSHREE NADKARNI; DR RAVINDRA GUPTA; DR NIKITA AGRAWAL; DR SHWETLEENA MANDAVI

Volume : VII, Issue : V, May - 2018

STUDY OF DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERN, CLINICAL PICTURE & RECENT TREND OF ANTIBIOGRAM OF ENTERIC FEVER IN PEDIATRIC AGE GROUP

Dr Rashmi Randa, Dr Jayshree Nadkarni, Dr Ravindra Gupta, Dr Nikita Agrawal, Dr Shwetleena Mandavi

Abstract :

Background: ENTERIC fever is a systemic infection caused by Salmonella enterica.¹1. 1% of children between the ages of 0–17 years suffer per year with Madhya Pradesh.²The demographic data and clinical response of illness to antibiotics differ geographically.³

Methods:294 patients in age group (6 month– 14 year) admitted during 13 months, with history of fever and positive blood culture/ Widal test were included in study.

Result:Typhoid fever is considered to be a disease mainly of children.⁴The maximum number of cases reported in the month of July (26.6%). The lack of infrastructure had lead to large burden of many infectious diseases. ⁵The commonest symptom and signs observed was fever andanemia. The drug of choice came out to be Cefixime& Azithromycin.

Conclusions:The optimal antimicrobial treatment of patients with typhoid depends upon the understanding of local patterns of antimicrobial resistance.