Journal article
A retrospective study of patients with blood culture-confirmed typhoid fever in Fiji during 2014-2015: epidemiology, clinical features, treatment and outcome
Aneley Getahun, Christopher M Parry, John A Crump, Varanisese Rosa, Adam Jenney, Ravi Naidu, Kim Mulholland, Richard A Strugnell
TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | Published : 2019
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Typhoid fever is endemic in Fiji. We sought to describe the epidemiology, clinical features and case fatality risk of blood culture-confirmed typhoid fever from January 2014 through December 2015. METHODS: Blood culture-positive patients were identified from a typhoid surveillance line list. A standardised case investigation form was used to record data from patients' medical records. RESULTS: Of 542 patients, 518 (95.6%) were indigenous Fijians (iTaukei) and 285 (52.6%) were male. The median (IQR) age was 25 (16-38) y. Mean (SD) time from the onset of illness to admission was 11.1 (6.9) d. Of 365 patients with clinical information, 346 (96.9%) had fever, 239 (66.9%) diarrhoea, 1..
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Awarded by Coalition Against Typhoid through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by Coalition Against Typhoid through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [grant number OPP1017518].