Duggan M B, Beyer L
Arch Dis Child. 1975 Jan;50(1):67-71. doi: 10.1136/adc.50.1.67.
Ninety-seven Nigerian children under 5 years of age had typhoid or paratyphoid fever proved by blood culture. The presented with fever, anaemia, gastrointestinal or neurological disturbances, and typhoid and paratyphoid appeared clinically indistinguishible. In this holoendemic malarial area, malaria was the most important differential diagnosis, and may have contributed to the concomitant anaemia seen in the majority of patients. Despite vigorous therapy with chloramphenicol or trimethoxazole, and blood transfusion where indicated, the mortality in both typhoid and paratyphoid was high (18% in both groups).
97名5岁以下的尼日利亚儿童经血培养确诊患有伤寒或副伤寒热。他们表现出发热、贫血、胃肠道或神经功能紊乱,伤寒和副伤寒在临床上难以区分。在这个疟疾高度流行的地区,疟疾是最重要的鉴别诊断疾病,可能也是大多数患者出现贫血的原因之一。尽管使用氯霉素或甲氧苄啶进行了积极治疗,并在必要时进行了输血,但伤寒和副伤寒的死亡率都很高(两组均为18%)。