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. 2020 Dec 1;71(Suppl 3):S276–S284. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1323

Table 1.

Socio-demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Culture - Confirmed Enteric Fever Cases - Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan, September 2016–September 2019

Bangladesh Nepal Pakistan Total
Countries S. Typhi S. Paratyphi S. Typhi S. Paratyphi S. Typhi S. Paratyphi S. Typhi S. Paratyphi
n = 4131 % n = 742 % n = 1367 % n = 235 % n = 2093 % n = 137 % n = 7591 % n = 1114 %
Age in Ys <2 y 394 9.54 55 7.41 15 1.10 3 1.28 299 14.29 6 4.38 708 9.33 64 5.75
≥2–5 y 1146 27.74 168 22.64 39 2.85 7 2.98 609 29.10 13 9.49 1794 23.63 188 16.88
≥5–15 y 1666 40.33 272 36.66 279 20.41 34 14.47 784 37.46 34 24.82 2729 35.95 340 30.52
≥15–25 564 13.65 124 16.71 707 51.72 111 47.23 242 11.56 46 33.58 1513 19.93 281 25.22
≥25 361 8.74 123 16.58 327 23.92 80 34.04 159 7.60 38 27.74 847 11.16 241 21.63
Sex
Male 2330 56.40 424 57.14 793 58.01 149 63.40 1197 57.19 89 64.96 4320 56.91 662 59.43
Recruitment Location
Inpatient 660 15.98 72 9.70 31 2.27 7 2.98 724 34.59 24 17.52 1415 18.64 103 9.25
Outpatient 1269 30.72 184 24.80 218 15.95 48 20.43 629 30.05 65 47.45 2116 27.88 297 26.66
Hospital Laboratory & Lab Network 2202 53.30 486 65.50 1117 81.71 180 76.60 732 34.97 48 35.04 4051 53.37 714 64.09
Surgery 0 0 0 0 1 .07 0 0 8 0 0 0 9 .12 0 0
MDRa
Yes 701/4065 17.24 0/735 0 19/1342 1.42 0/226 0 331/2084 15.88 3/134 2.24 1051/7491 14.03 3/1095 .27
No 3364/4065 82.76 735/735 100 1323/1342 98.58 226/226 100 1753/2084 84.12 131/134 97.76 6440/7491 85.97 1092/1095 99.73
Not performed 66 7 25 9 9 3 100 19
XDRb
Yes 0/4064 0 0/735 0 0/940 0 0/166 0 1319/2074 64.0 0/132 0 1319/7078 18.64 0/1033 0
No 4064/4064 100 735/735 100 940/940 100 166/166 100 755/2074 36.0 132/132 100 5759/7078 81.36 1033/1033 100
Not performedc 67 7 427 69 19 5 513 81

aMultidrug Resistance (MDR): Resistance to ampicillin/amoxicillin, chloramphenicol, and trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole.

bExtensively drug Resistance (XDR): MDR with fluoroquinolone and any 3rd generation cephalosporin resistance.

cNot performed: at least one of the antibiotics were not tested in the respective group of antibiotics that make it MDR or XDR).