AUTHORS Seif Mokadem, Mohamed Ali Nouioui, Salma Kalai, Tarek Taktak, Houssem Mediouni, Ramzi Khiari, Samir Ghozzi ABSTRACT A 50-year-old man with no past medical history presented with 5 months history ...
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Typhoid Caecal Perforation in a Two-Year Old Child: A Case Report
AUTHORS Ogundoyin Olakayode, Ijeoma Chibuzo, Hyginus Ekwuazi, Chukwudi Nwafuluaku ABSTRACT Background: Typhoid fever afflicts people of low socioeconomic status in developing nations. Although ileal perforation is a common complication of ...
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Over 30 students from Malosa secondary school have been admitted to the hospital on suspicion of typhoid fever The school uses water from untreated dam Last year, the school was ...
Read morePrevalence and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of enteric bacterial pathogens in human and non-human sources in an urban informal settlement in Cape Town, South Africa
AUTHORS Kalule JB, Smith AM, Vulindhlu M, Tau NP, Nicol MP, Keddy KH, Robberts L ABSTRACT Background: In light of rampant childhood diarrhoea, this study investigated bacterial pathogens from human ...
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AUTHORS Neja Awol, Demiss Nigusse, Musa Ali ABSTRACT Objective The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Salmonella and Shigella, antibiotic susceptibility profile and associated factors among ...
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AUTHORS Virginia E Pitzer, James Meiring, Frederick P Martineau, Conall H Watson, Gagandeep Kang, Buddha Basnyat, Stephen Baker ABSTRACT Measuring the burden of typhoid fever and developing effective strategies to ...
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AUTHORS Ondari D Mogeni, Ligia María Cruz Espinoza, Justin Im, Ursula Panzner, Trevor Toy, Gi Deok Pak, Andrea Haselbeck, Enusa Ramani, Heidi Schütt-Gerowitt, Jan Jacobs, Octavie Lunguya Metila, Oluwafemi J ...
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AUTHORS Jong-Hoon Kim, Justin Im, Prerana Parajulee, Marianne Holm, Ligia Maria Cruz Espinoza, Nimesh Poudyal, Ondari D Mogeni, Florian Marks ABSTRACT Background Our current understanding of the burden and distribution ...
Read moreAcute Febrile Illness Among Children in Butajira, South–Central Ethiopia During the Typhoid Fever Surveillance in Africa Program
AUTHORS Mekonnen Teferi, Mulualem Desta, Biruk Yeshitela, Tigist Beyene, Ligia Maria Cruz Espinoza, Justin Im, Hyon Jin Jeon, Jong-Hoon Kim, Frank Konings, Soo Young Kwon, Gi Deok Pak, Jin Kyung ...
Read moreThe Typhoid Fever Surveillance in Africa Program: Geospatial Sampling Frames for Household-based Studies: Lessons Learned From a Multicountry Surveillance Network in Senegal, South Africa, and Sudan
AUTHORS Stephen Baker, Mohammad Ali, Jessica Fung Deerin, Muna Ahmed Eltayeb, Ligia Maria Cruz Espinoza, Nagla Gasmelseed, Justin Im, Ursula Panzner, Vera V Kalckreuth, Karen H Keddy, Gi Deok Pak, ...
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