Prevalence of typhoid fever among pediatric patients at al-Musaib district

الملخص EN

The study was conducted at Ibn-Saif hospital for maternity and children in AL-Musaib district during the period from January through December, 2003 to investigate the prevalence of typhoid fever.

A total of 470 pediatric patients suspected with typhoid fever were admitted to the hospital.

Of which, 235 patients were diagnosed as typhoid fever, most of the cases of this disease occurred within the age-group (>12-14 years old ) .

One hundred and forty two (60.4%) were females while ninety three (39.5%) were males and more than 54.4% of cases were urban .The highest number of patients was in May and July, and less commonly in other months of the year.The most isolates had multidrug- resistance.