Abstract
Typhoid Fever among Children, Ghana
Highlights
To the Editor: Typhoid fever (TF) remains a problem of concern in many low-income countries
Blood was cultured by using a BACTEC 9050 blood culture system (Becton Dickinson), and positive samples were examined by standard methods
Antimicrobial drug susceptibility testing was performed on all serovar Typhi isolates by using the Kirby-Bauer disk-diffusion method for ampicillin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, amoxicillin/clavulanicacid, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, and ceftriaxone
Summary
To the Editor: Typhoid fever (TF) remains a problem of concern in many low-income countries. We conducted our study at the rural Agogo Presbyterian Hospital in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. A bacteriology laboratory with BACTEC 9050 automated blood culture system (Becton Dickinson, Sparks, MD, USA) was established in the study hospital and run to assess the number of admissions with TF, the incidence of TF in the adjoining community and S. enterica ser. The study included 1,456 children
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