Table 1. Patient characteristics.

	Typhoid fever—acute phase (Bangladesh study)		Typhoid fever—convalescence phase (Indonesian study)
	Controls (n = 38)	Patients (n = 28)	Controls (n = 60)	Patients (n = 60)
Mean age, years (range)	33.5 (19−55)	28.0 (20−45)	33.5 (4−73)	22.0 (3−57)
Male sex, no. (%)	19 (50.0)	16 (57.1)	24 (40.0)	27 (45.0)
Days of fever (range)	0 (0−1)	7 (1−15)	0 (0)	3 (0−30)
Complications, no. (%)	N/A	11 (39.3)	N/A	0 (0)
Death, no. (%)	N/A	1 (3.7)	N/A	0 (0)

Baseline characteristics of patients with acute typhoid fever (admitted to the hospital, Bangladesh study) or during convalescence (treated in an outpatient setting, Indonesian study). Days of fever prior to admission or when sample was taken, median. Specific complications were: pneumonia (n = 3); encephalopathy (n = 2); gastrointestinal bleeding (n = 1); severe anemia requiring blood transfusion (n = 1); acute hepatitis (n = 1); hepatic abscess (n = 1); septic arthritis (n = 1); and renal failure, cardiopulmonary arrest and death (n = 1). N/A: not applicable.