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Report of Relapse Typhoid Fever Cases from Kolkata, India: Recrudescence or Reinfection?
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 24 May 2018
Samajpati Sriparna, Das Surojit, Ray Ujjwayini, Dutta Shanta
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Three relapse cases were reported out of 107 hospital-attending typhoid cases within a period of 2 years (2014-2016) from Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata, India. During the first episode of typhoid fever, 2 of the 3 cases were treated with ceftriaxone (CRO) for 7 days, and 1 was treated for 14 days. Six Salmonella Typhi (S. Typhi) isolates, obtained from the 3 patients during both typhoid episodes, were...
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