typhoid fever

Arthralgia Accompanying Typhoid Fever in Children: Single Centre Experience

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2018.038

Synopsis:

We retrospectively evaluated the records of 100 patients (46 female and 54 male) with a mean age of 8.78 ± 4.66 years (range: 5‒213 months). We determined that, in children with arthralgia accompanying typhoid fever; muscle pain and organomegaly were the most common symptoms accompanying arthralgia while knee joint and ankle were the most commonly affected joints. In treatment 3rd generation cephalosporin should be kept in mind in unresponsive patients.

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Aim: To determine the general characteristics of children with arthralgia associated with typhoid fever.

Material and Method: General characteristics of the disease and laboratory of children diagnosed with typhoid fever and accompanying arthralgia were investigated from the hospital records. Arthralgia was determined regarding the patients’ personal reports.

Received:

15 Feb, 2018

Accepted:

30 May, 2018

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Clinical and Hematological Manifestations of Typhoid Fever in Children in Eastern Turkey

Issue:

Vol 65, Issue 1: 2016

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2014.354

Pages:

154–7

Synopsis:

Typhoid fever is a common and widely distributed food-borne disease that is a global major public health problem. This study was undertaken in order to determine the clinical and haematological presentation of typhoid fever in children.

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Objective: Typhoid fever can involve various organs, leading to a wide range of presentations: from uncomplicated to complicated typhoid fever. The haematological changes are common in typhoid fever and include anaemia, leucopaenia, thrombocytopaenia and bleeding diathesis. This study was undertaken in order to determine the clinical and haematological presentation of typhoid fever in children.

Received:

01 Dec, 2014

Accepted:

11 Dec, 2014

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