The clinical and microbiological characteristics of enteric fever in Cambodia, 2008-2015 Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde KU Leuven Universiteit Antwerpen
BACKGROUND: Enteric fever remains a major public health problem in low resource settings and antibiotic resistance is increasing. In Asia, an increasing proportion of infections is caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A, which for a long time was assumed to cause a milder clinical syndrome compared to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi.
METHODOLOGY: A retrospective chart review study was conducted of 254 unique cases of ...