Typhoid Fever among Hospitalized Febrile Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Lalith P.M. Wijedoru; Varun Kumar; Ngoun Chanpheaktra; Kheng Chheng; Henk L. Smits; Rob Pastoor; Tran Vu Thieu Nga; Stephen Baker; Vanaporn Wuthiekanun; Sharon J. Peacock; Hor Putchhat; Christopher Parry

doi:10.1093/tropej/fmr032

Typhoid Fever among Hospitalized Febrile Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Lalith P.M. Wijedoru
, Varun Kumar
, Ngoun Chanpheaktra
, Kheng Chheng
, Henk L. Smits
, Rob Pastoor
, Tran Vu Thieu Nga
, Stephen Baker
, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun
, Sharon J. Peacock
, Hor Putchhat
, Christopher Parry

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Abstract

Typhoid fever was confirmed by positive blood culture in 5 (3.7%) of 134 febrile children hospitalized in Cambodia. Typhoid was suspected in an additional 25 (18.7 %) blood culture-negative children based on: a positive immunoglobulin M lateral flow assay (IgMFA) (16); a positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for Salmonella typhi (2); or clinical assessment (7). The specificity of the IgMFA and PCR assays requires further study.

Original language	English
Article number	fmr032
Pages (from-to)	68-70
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
Volume	58
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmr032
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2012

Keywords

Blood culture
Children
Nucleic acid amplification test
Rapid diagnostic test
Typhoid fever

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Typhoid Fever among Hospitalized Febrile Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia

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