Enteric Fever in Children: An Epidemiological and Clinical Review of Cases in Southeast Texas

Zachary C Foughty; Denver T Niles; Andrea T Cruz

doi:10.1093/jpids/piae040

Enteric Fever in Children: An Epidemiological and Clinical Review of Cases in Southeast Texas

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2024 Jun 28;13(6):337-339. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piae040.

Authors

Zachary C Foughty¹, Denver T Niles^{2

3}, Andrea T Cruz^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
³ Division of Pathology and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.

PMID: 38717105
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piae040

Abstract

Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi have emerged in Pakistan and Iraq. We report 13 children with enteric fever in Southeast Texas seen over 3.5 years, of whom 23.1% had XDR isolates.

Keywords: Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi; Salmonella enterica serotype paratyphi; antibiotic resistance; enteric fever; travel.

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MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Child
Child, Preschool
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Salmonella typhi* / drug effects
Salmonella typhi* / isolation & purification
Texas / epidemiology
Typhoid Fever* / drug therapy
Typhoid Fever* / epidemiology
Typhoid Fever* / microbiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents