Typhoid and paratyphoid fever co-infection in children from an urban slum of Delhi

Typhoid and paratyphoid fever co-infection in children from an urban slum of Delhi

We report two cases of co-infection with Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A identified by blood culture and confirmed by serotyping from an ongoing fever surveillance cohort in an urban slum in New Delhi. Co-infections such as these have important implications on diagnosis, treatment option...

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Main Authors: Ankita Dutta, Deepak More, Ananya Tupaki-Sreepurna, Bireshwar Sinha, Nidhi Goyal, Temsunaro Rongsen-Chandola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:IDCases
Subjects:
Salmonella Typhi
Salmonella Paratyphi A
Co-infection
Community-Acquired
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920300251
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spelling doaj-c950eb19ece94c0aab9a8fd741107ae02021-07-02T10:31:44ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092020-01-0120e00717Typhoid and paratyphoid fever co-infection in children from an urban slum of DelhiAnkita Dutta0Deepak More1Ananya Tupaki-Sreepurna2Bireshwar Sinha3Nidhi Goyal4Temsunaro Rongsen-Chandola5Centre for Health Research and Development Society for Applied Studies (CHRD-SAS), New Delhi, IndiaCorresponding author.; Centre for Health Research and Development Society for Applied Studies (CHRD-SAS), New Delhi, IndiaCentre for Health Research and Development Society for Applied Studies (CHRD-SAS), New Delhi, IndiaCentre for Health Research and Development Society for Applied Studies (CHRD-SAS), New Delhi, IndiaCentre for Health Research and Development Society for Applied Studies (CHRD-SAS), New Delhi, IndiaCentre for Health Research and Development Society for Applied Studies (CHRD-SAS), New Delhi, IndiaWe report two cases of co-infection with Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A identified by blood culture and confirmed by serotyping from an ongoing fever surveillance cohort in an urban slum in New Delhi. Co-infections such as these have important implications on diagnosis, treatment options including choice of antimicrobial(s), disease outcome and strategy for prevention.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920300251Salmonella TyphiSalmonella Paratyphi ACo-infectionCommunity-Acquired
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author Ankita Dutta
Deepak More
Ananya Tupaki-Sreepurna
Bireshwar Sinha
Nidhi Goyal
Temsunaro Rongsen-Chandola
spellingShingle Ankita Dutta
Deepak More
Ananya Tupaki-Sreepurna
Bireshwar Sinha
Nidhi Goyal
Temsunaro Rongsen-Chandola
Typhoid and paratyphoid fever co-infection in children from an urban slum of Delhi
IDCases
Salmonella Typhi
Salmonella Paratyphi A
Co-infection
Community-Acquired
author_facet Ankita Dutta
Deepak More
Ananya Tupaki-Sreepurna
Bireshwar Sinha
Nidhi Goyal
Temsunaro Rongsen-Chandola
author_sort Ankita Dutta
title Typhoid and paratyphoid fever co-infection in children from an urban slum of Delhi
title_short Typhoid and paratyphoid fever co-infection in children from an urban slum of Delhi
title_full Typhoid and paratyphoid fever co-infection in children from an urban slum of Delhi
title_fullStr Typhoid and paratyphoid fever co-infection in children from an urban slum of Delhi
title_full_unstemmed Typhoid and paratyphoid fever co-infection in children from an urban slum of Delhi
title_sort typhoid and paratyphoid fever co-infection in children from an urban slum of delhi
publisher Elsevier
series IDCases
issn 2214-2509
publishDate 2020-01-01
description We report two cases of co-infection with Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A identified by blood culture and confirmed by serotyping from an ongoing fever surveillance cohort in an urban slum in New Delhi. Co-infections such as these have important implications on diagnosis, treatment options including choice of antimicrobial(s), disease outcome and strategy for prevention.
topic Salmonella Typhi
Salmonella Paratyphi A
Co-infection
Community-Acquired
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920300251
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