A prospective study of the importance of enteric fever as a cause of non-malarial febrile illness in patients admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh

Table 1 Demographic features and clinical syndromes of 300 patients admitted to CMCH with fever

Variable^a	All	<5 years	5–15 years	>15 years
Number	300	70	86	144
Duration of illness before admission (median (IQR) days)	5 (2–8)	2 (1–5)	5 (3–10)	5 (3–8)
Male	173 (57.7)	37 (52.9)	56 (65.1)	80 (55.6)
Clinical syndrome:
Enteric fever	52 (17.3)	0 (0)	19 (22.1)	33 (22.9)
Lower respiratory tract infection	48 (16.0)	13 (18.6)	5 (5.8)	30 (20.8)
Non-specific febrile illness	48 (16.0)	10 (14.3)	20 (23.3)	18 (12.5)
Central nervous system infection	37 (12.3)	12 (17.1)	13 (15.1)	12 (8.3)
Urinary tract infection	23 (7.7)	2 (2.9)	3 (3.5)	18 (12.5)
Upper respiratory tract infection	21 (7.0)	13 (18.6)	7 (8.1)	1 (0.7)
Diarrhea or dysentery	21 (7.0)	16 (22.9)	4 (4.7)	1 (0.7)
Malaria	7 (2.3)	0 (0)	3 (3.5)	4 (2.8)
Hepatobiliary	7 (2.3)	0 (0)	4 (4.7)	3 (2.1)
Skin and soft tissue infection	4 (1.3)	2 (2.9)	0 (0)	2 (1.4)
Dengue	3 (1.0)	0 (0)	1 (1.2)	2 (1.4)
Sepsis syndrome	3 (1.0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	3 (2.1)
Septic arthritis	2 (0.7)	0 (0)	1 (1.2)	1 (0.7)
Nephrotic syndrome	2 (0.7)	0 (0)	2 (2.4)	0 (0)
Dental abscess	1 (0.3)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0.7)
Other^b	17 (5.7)	2 (2.9)	4 (4.7)	12 (8.3)
Duration of admission (median (IQR) days)	4 (2–8)	4 (2–19)	7 (4–27)	4 (2–5)
Mortality (Number (%))	29 (9.7)	8 (11.4)	7 (8.1)	14 (9.7)

^aResults are number (%) or median (Inter-quartile range)
^bHaematalogical malignancy (6); autoimmune disease (4); post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (2); cerebrovascular accident (2); post myocardial infarction (1); suspected brain tumor (1); costochondritis (1)

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