Research Article
Enteric Fever Caused by Salmonella enterica Serovars with Reduced Susceptibility of Fluoroquinolones at a Community Based Teaching Hospital of Nepal
Table 1
Patients with enteric fever and their demographics.
| | Age group (years) | Enteric fever cases | | Total (%) | Confirmed (%) | Salmonella Typhi (%) | Salmonella Paratyphi (%) |
| | <5 | 261 (11.3) | 17 (6.5) | 11 (64.7) | 6 (35.3) | | 5–14 | 355 (15.4) | 37 (10.4) | 22 (59.4) | 15 (40.6) | | 15–44 | 1,210 (52.2) | 178 (14.7) | 119 (66.8) | 59 (33.2) | | 45–59 | 281 (12.2) | 8 (2.9) | 6 (75.0) | 2 (25.0) | | ≥60 | 197 (8.5) | 5 (2.5) | 4 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) |
| | Total | 2,304 | 245 (10.6) | 162 (66.1) | 83 (33.9) |
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