Abstract:
The purpose of this work is to provide a base line for
understanding the main differential clinical and laboratory
diagnosis of malarial and that of typhoid fever in young
children.
Fifty-seven inpatient children who were positive for
malaria by the ICT technique and blood films (thin and thick)
were examined for enteric fever by rapid slide and tube
agglutination methods.
There 6% of them gave positive significant titer for
Salmonella and one of the control cases also gave positive result
(O: 1/80 Para tythi 1/.80).
(One of the typhoid cases died due to late diagnosis.)?
this study showed false malaria positive results which
confused the doctors leading to late diagnosis of enteric fever.
Also another reason for the late diagnosis was that doctors
usually exclude Salmonella infection in children below one-year
of age which could be another factor for missing cases and for
late diagnosis.
Clinical diagnosis of malarial and enteric fever children
were difficult so reliable laboratory techniques used for malaria
and enteric fever are highly necessary.