Affiliation:
1. Pg 3rd Yr, patna Medical College, Patna
2. Assistant Professor, Patna Medical College, Patna
Abstract
INTRODUCTION One of the sources of human salmonella spread is human salmonella carrier itself. Most important source of infection of
salmonella is water, which is used for drinking and cleaning from various source like river, pond, stream and wells. Bacterium enterica serovar
Typhi, salmonella enterica serovar paratyphi A & B causes typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever. Paratyphoid fever has benign nature of illness,
while both typhoid & paratyphoid fever shows similar clinical features. Children and young adults are more common sufferer of enteric fever.
Highest burden of salmonella infection is shared by developing nations due to more population, rapid urbanization, poor health system and
contaminated drinking water sources. MATERIALAND METHODS Atotal of 200 samples were collected from febrile patients from OPD and
indoor with symptoms clinically similar to enteric fever and chosen only those samples which has given their blood sample in microbiology
department only. OBSERVATION AND RESULTS Atotal 200 patients, 122 was male and 78 was female patients. Males were more commonly
affected than females. Salmonella Typhi and paratyphi A were highest in school going children and adolescents. Salmonella Typhi was most
common pathogen followed by salmonella paratyphi A& B. DISCUSSION Incidence of Salmonella typhi and paratyphi A is increasing, it may
be due to increased drug resistance and improved diagnostic technique. School going children and adolescents in our study had more incidence of
typhoid fever. These group of people need education regarding prophylaxis measures of typhoid fever. A descriptive study was done by Sudeepa
KM et al also had Salmonella Typhi as the most important pathogen of typhoid fever which was similar to present study
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