Typhoid and paratyphoid fever co-infection in children from an urban slum of Delhi. (2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dutta, Ankita; More, Deepak; Tupaki-Sreepurna, Ananya; Sinha, Bireshwar; Goyal, Nidhi; Rongsen-Chandola, Temsunaro
• Is Part Of: IDCases. Volume 20(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020
• Subjects: Salmonella Typhi -- Salmonella Paratyphi A -- Co-infection -- Community-Acquired; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases -- Case Reports; Communicable Diseases -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases; Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00717
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2214-2509

Abstract

Abstract: 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.