Table 1.

Characteristics of Recruited Patients With Typhoid Fever Presenting to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi

Characteristic or Outcome	Patients, No./Total (%)a
Age, median (range), y	11 (6–19)
Female sex	256/542 (47.2)
Positive malaria test result	7/533 (1.3)
Residence in urban Blantyre	484/542 (89)
Admitted to the hospital	391/542 (72.1)
Duration of hospital stay, median (IQR), d	4 (3–7)
Death	8/520 (1.5)

Abbreviation: IQR, interquartile range.

^aData represent no. (%) of patients unless otherwise specified.