Burden of Dengue–Typhoid Coinfection in Pediatric Patients: A 6-year Experience from a Tertiary Care Center
Background: India is endemic to both typhoid and dengue, which also mimic in their clinical presentations. This poses a diagnostic dilemma especially for pediatric patients. Literature on such coinfections is limited. Methodology: We retrospectively analyzed six years data (2017–2022). All pediatric...
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| author | Aravinda Anjana Ranjeeta Adhikary Malavalli V Bhavana |
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| description | Background: India is endemic to both typhoid and dengue, which also mimic in their clinical presentations. This poses a diagnostic dilemma especially for pediatric patients. Literature on such coinfections is limited.
Methodology: We retrospectively analyzed six years data (2017–2022). All pediatric culture proven typhoid cases with concurrent dengue infection were included in the study. Patient clinical and demographic profiles were extracted from the hospital information system.
Results: We report four such cases of coinfection. Along with the expected reduced platelet counts, most of the patients had associated deranged TLC, liver enzymes, hypoalbuminemia and gallbladder changes.
Conclusion: Our study contributes to the body of literature on dengue–typhoid coinfection in pediatric patients and the pitfall in accepting a single pathogen etiology. Awareness needs to be raised among healthcare workers on the potential dengue–typhoid coinfection, especially in endemic countries. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-12dfd88a0cbf4a1d82b665dffc7e7a962025-08-20T04:02:09ZengJaypee Brothers Medical PublisherPediatric Infectious Disease2582-49882023-06-0152424410.5005/jp-journals-10081-13752Burden of Dengue–Typhoid Coinfection in Pediatric Patients: A 6-year Experience from a Tertiary Care CenterAravinda Anjana0Ranjeeta Adhikary1Malavalli V Bhavana2Aravinda Anjana, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Manipal Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Phone: +91 9560348696Department of Laboratory Medicine, Manipal Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Manipal Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaBackground: India is endemic to both typhoid and dengue, which also mimic in their clinical presentations. This poses a diagnostic dilemma especially for pediatric patients. Literature on such coinfections is limited. Methodology: We retrospectively analyzed six years data (2017–2022). All pediatric culture proven typhoid cases with concurrent dengue infection were included in the study. Patient clinical and demographic profiles were extracted from the hospital information system. Results: We report four such cases of coinfection. Along with the expected reduced platelet counts, most of the patients had associated deranged TLC, liver enzymes, hypoalbuminemia and gallbladder changes. Conclusion: Our study contributes to the body of literature on dengue–typhoid coinfection in pediatric patients and the pitfall in accepting a single pathogen etiology. Awareness needs to be raised among healthcare workers on the potential dengue–typhoid coinfection, especially in endemic countries.https://www.pidjournal.com/doi/PID/pdf/10.5005/jp-journals-10081-1375coinfectiondenguetyphoid |
| spellingShingle | Aravinda Anjana Ranjeeta Adhikary Malavalli V Bhavana Burden of Dengue–Typhoid Coinfection in Pediatric Patients: A 6-year Experience from a Tertiary Care Center Pediatric Infectious Disease coinfection dengue typhoid |
| title | Burden of Dengue–Typhoid Coinfection in Pediatric Patients: A 6-year Experience from a Tertiary Care Center |
| title_full | Burden of Dengue–Typhoid Coinfection in Pediatric Patients: A 6-year Experience from a Tertiary Care Center |
| title_fullStr | Burden of Dengue–Typhoid Coinfection in Pediatric Patients: A 6-year Experience from a Tertiary Care Center |
| title_full_unstemmed | Burden of Dengue–Typhoid Coinfection in Pediatric Patients: A 6-year Experience from a Tertiary Care Center |
| title_short | Burden of Dengue–Typhoid Coinfection in Pediatric Patients: A 6-year Experience from a Tertiary Care Center |
| title_sort | burden of dengue typhoid coinfection in pediatric patients a 6 year experience from a tertiary care center |
| topic | coinfection dengue typhoid |
| url | https://www.pidjournal.com/doi/PID/pdf/10.5005/jp-journals-10081-1375 |
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