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  • Title: [Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers in childhood. Apropos of 210 cases].
    Author: de Juan Martín F, Pérez Gascón M, Martín Espíldora N.
    Journal: An Esp Pediatr; 1986 Sep; 25(3):170-6. PubMed ID: 3098149.
    Abstract:
    The authors reviewed 210 children with typhoid and paratyphoid fevers; 191 were infected with S. typhi, 13 with S. paratyphi A and 6 with S. paratyphi B. The proportion was higher in school children. Fever, headache, tongue furred, stupor, and hepatomegaly were the most important clinical findings. Salmonella was cultured from the blood of 42% patients, the Widal reaction was negative only in one case, and faeces culture was positive in 25%. All patients received chloramphenicol.
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