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Volume 12 Issue 3 ( July-September ) 2023

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Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Enteric fever among children between 1 to 14 years: A descriptive observational study from VIMS, Ballari, Karnataka
Dr. Arpitha JS, Dr. Santhosh Kumar Hiregowdra, Dr. Udaykumar Bheemanalli, Dr. Anirudh Raghavendra J, Dr. Megha R, Dr. J. Harshini, Dr. Anant A. Takalkar

Background& Objectives: Enteric fever is a global public health problem, and over 21 million are getting infected and 0.2 million people are died annually. Almost 90% of the cases were from Asia.3 The trend of enteric fever prevalence is increasing worldwide with emergence of antimicrobial resistance, especially the multidrug resistance to ampicillin, chloramphenicol and cotrimoxazole is a major public health problem which further complicates the treatment and management of enteric fever. Objectives: To study the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Enteric fever among children between 1 to 14 years. Methods: The present Descriptive observational study was carried out at Department of Paediatrics, VIMS, Bellary involving 100 children between 1-14 years, clinically diagnostic of enteric fever during the period from January 2020 to January 2021. Result: Out of these 100 children, majority i.e., 51% were from 6-10 years, mean age of the study population was 7.67±3.09 years. 45% were males and 55% were females in our study. Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Enteric fever revealed resistance to Cotrimoxazole in 17% cases, Chloramphenicol in 16% cases and Amoxicillin in 12% cases. Antibiotic susceptibility pattern according to organism revealed that s. typhi sensitive to Cotrimoxazole in 14% cases, Chloramphenicol in 10% cases, Amoxicillin in 9% cases. Conclusion: S. typhi was found resistance to Cotrimoxazole in 17% cases, Chloramphenicol in 16% cases, Amoxicillin in 12% cases and to Cipro floxacillin in 7% cases and sensitive to Cotrimoxazole in 14% cases, Chloramphenicol in 10% cases, Amoxicillin in 9% cases and to Cipro floxacillin in 5% cases. S. Paratyphi resistance to Cotrimoxazole in 3% cases, Chloramphenicol in 3% cases, Amoxicillin in 3% cases and to Cipro floxacillin in 3% cases.

 
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