Early diagnosis of enteric fever in resource limited countries

摘要

Background: Enteric Fever is a disease endemic in India. Blood Culture is the gold standard for diagnosis. It is neither cheap nor widely available in third world countries. Delayed diagnosis leads to morbidity and drug resistance due to inappropriate antibiotic use. At a Tertiary care referral hospital in New Delhi, we?assessed if Enteric Fever could be strongly suspected early on the basis of simple lab and clinical criteria.