- 作者：Aliya Naheed ; Pavani K. Ram ; W. Abdullah Brooks ; M. Anowar Hossain ; Michele B. Parsons ; Kaisar Ali Talukder ; Eric Mintz ; Stephen Luby ; Robert F. Breiman
- 关键词：Typhoid and paratyphoid fever ; Burden ; Urban ; Bangladesh
- 刊名：International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- 出版年：2010
- 出版时间：September 2010
- 年：2010
- 卷：14
- 期：Supplement 3
- 页码：e93-e99
- 全文大小：172 K
BackgroundWe conducted blood culture surveillance to estimate the incidence of typhoid and paratyphoid fever among urban slum residents in Dhaka, Bangladesh.Methods
Between January 7, 2003 and January 6, 2004, participants were visited weekly to detect febrile illnesses. Blood cultures were obtained at the clinic from patients with fever (≥38 °C). Salmonella isolates were assayed for antimicrobial susceptibility.
Results
Forty Salmonella Typhi and eight Salmonella Paratyphi A were isolated from 961 blood cultures. The incidence of typhoid fever was 2.0 episodes/1000 person-years, with a higher incidence in children aged < 5 years (10.5/1000 person-years) than in older persons (0.9/1000 person-years) (relative risk = 12, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 6.3–22.6). The incidence of paratyphoid fever was 0.4/1000 person-years without variation by age group. Sixteen S. Typhi isolates were multidrug-resistant (MDR). All S. Paratyphi isolates were pan-susceptible. The duration of fever among patients with an MDR S. Typhi infection was longer than among patients with non-MDR S. Typhi (16 ± 8 vs. 11 ± 4 days, p = 0.02) and S. Paratyphi (10 ± 2 days, p = 0.04) infections.
Conclusions
Typhoid fever is more common than paratyphoid fever in the urban Bangladeshi slum; children < 5 years old have the highest incidence. Multidrug resistance is common in S. Typhi isolates and is associated with prolonged illness. Strategies for typhoid fever prevention in children aged < 5 years in Bangladesh, including immunization, are needed.