Abstract

Background: Enteric fever caused by Salmonella Typhi is endemic in third world countries, with a remarkable predominance in India.1 The enteric fever had been studied extensively in children in reference to the clinical setting and their correlation with laboratory parameters in reference to antibiotic sensitivity. Objective: The objective of the present study is to correlate clinical presentations with laboratory findings, antibiotic sensitivity and ultrasonographic finding of gall bladder in paediatric cases of typhoid fever for better management. Material and Methods: It was a cross sectional, observational study conducted in Adesh Medical College, Shahbad, Haryana, for a duration of 12 months from November 2022 to October 2023. All enteric fever cases from 1 to 15 years of age were included. Children who had already received typhoid vaccine, diagnosed with paratyphoid fever, with other causes of fever and who refused to be a part of study were excluded. Study protocol was approved by Institutional Ethics committee. Informed consent was taken from the patients’ parents. All statistical calculations were done using (Statistical Package for the Social Science) SPSS 21version (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) statistical program for Microsoft Windows.

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