AUTHORS Droz N, Hsia Y, Ellis S, Dramowski A, Sharland M, Basmaci R ABSTRACT Background: Despite a high mortality rate in childhood, there is limited evidence on the causes and ...
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Distinct climate influences on the risk of typhoid compared to invasive non-typhoid Salmonella disease in Blantyre, Malawi
AUTHORS Deus Thindwa, Michael G. Chipeta, Marc Y. R. Henrion, Melita A. Gordon ABSTRACT Invasive Salmonella diseases, both typhoid and invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS), are seasonal bloodstream infections causing important ...
Read moreTreatment responses to Azithromycin and Ciprofloxacin in uncomplicated Salmonella Typhi infection: A comparison of Clinical and Microbiological Data from a Controlled Human Infection Model
AUTHORS Jin C, Gibani MM, Pennington SH, Liu X, Ardrey A, Aljayyoussi G, Moore M, Angus B, Parry CM, Biagini GA, Feasey NA, Pollard AJ ABSTRACT Background: The treatment of ...
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Providing adequate safe water and improving sanitation is key to ending recurrent outbreaks of diarrhoeal diseases that include typhoid, cholera and common diarrhoea in Harare’s western suburbs Disease and epidemiology ...
Read more13 suspected typhoid cases hit Glen View
Typhoid is still endemic in Harare’s Glen View high-density suburb, with another 13 suspected new cases recorded in recent weeks by the City Health Department Typhoid is not new to ...
Read moreOtago researchers partner in vaccine project to tackle major killer of African children
A team of University of Otago researchers is part of a major new international vaccine research project to help tackle devastating Salmonella bloodstream infections which are killing thousands of people ...
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AUTHORS Perovic O, Yahaya AA, Viljoen C, Ndihokubwayo JB, Smith M, Coulibaly SO, De Gouveia L, Oxenford CJ, Cognat S, Ismail H, Frean J ABSTRACT Background: In 2002, the World ...
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AUTHORS Meriel Raymond, Malick M. Gibani, Nicholas P. J. Day, Phaik Yeong Cheah ABSTRACT Typhoidal Salmonella is a major global problem affecting more than 12 million people annually. Controlled human ...
Read moreTyphoid fever among febrile Nigerian patients: Prevalence, diagnostic performance of the Widal test and antibiotic multi-drug resistance
AUTHORS Martin E Ohanu, Michael O Iroezindu, Uzoamaka Maduakor, Obinna D Onodugo, Harish C Gugnani ABSTRACT Background: Over-dependence on clinical presentation and/or the Widal agglutination test for the diagnosis of typhoid fever ...
Read morePrevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Salmonella and Shigella isolates among children aged below five years with diarrhea attending Robe General Hospital and Goba Referral Hospital, South East Ethiopia
AUTHORS Addisu Assefa, Mengistu Girma ABSTRACT Background: Diarrheal diseases are responsible for high level of morbidity and mortality, particularly in children below 5 years. Salmonella and Shigella spp. are pathogenic ...
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