RESUMO
A study of 460 female patients who had been diagnosed as typhoid fever cases and dismissed from the "Hospital de Infecciosos" in Santiago, Chile, during the period 1960-1064 was made for the purpose of determining the rate of Salmonella typhi carriers among them. All of the patients had been treated with chloranphenicol during the acute stage of the disease
Over a two-year period more than 3,000 home visits and nearly 2,000 fecal cultures were made to detect carriers among both the index cases and their suspect contacts. Thirty-four carriers (7.4 per cent) of a minimum duration of two years and an average of 3.7 years' duration were detected and another eight carriers were found among the contacts
Attention is drown to the following associations: the ratio of carriers increases with age and depending on the length of time elapsed between the first sypmptoms and treatment; the ratio is significantly higher when there has been a relapse; there is observable association between being a carrier and the presence of liver disorders
The rate of typhoid fever among contacts exposed to a proven carrier was five times higher than among the families in which no carrier was detected(AU)
Assuntos
Febre Tifoide , Cloranfenicol , Chile , PrevalênciaRESUMO
Now many typhoid fever patients who have been treated with chloramphenicol during the acute phase of their illness remain carriers of Salmonella typhi after their release? A study in Chile identified 7.4 per cent of such cases and made it possible to suggest factors of possible etiological significance.
Assuntos
Febre Tifoide , Cloranfenicol , Chile , PrevalênciaRESUMO
A study of 460 female patients who had been diagnosed as typhoid fever cases and dismissed from the "Hospital de Infecciosos" in Santiago, Chile, during the period 1960-1064 was made for the purpose of determining the rate of Salmonella typhi carriers among them. All of the patients had been treated with chloranphenicol during the acute stage of the disease
Over a two-year period more than 3,000 home visits and nearly 2,000 fecal cultures were made to detect carriers among both the index cases and their suspect contacts. Thirty-four carriers (7.4 per cent) of a minimum duration of two years and an average of 3.7 years' duration were detected and another eight carriers were found among the contacts
Attention is drown to the following associations: the ratio of carriers increases with age and depending on the length of time elapsed between the first sypmptoms and treatment; the ratio is significantly higher when there has been a relapse; there is observable association between being a carrier and the presence of liver disorders
The rate of typhoid fever among contacts exposed to a proven carrier was five times higher than among the families in which no carrier was detected(AU)
Assuntos
Febre Tifoide/terapia , Cloranfenicol/terapia , Prevalência , ChileRESUMO
El propósito de este estudio consistió en precisar la utilidad de la colecistectomía en la supresión del estado de portador de salmonelas, mediante el examen de deposiciones y bilis, en enfermos que habían sido operados y cuyo bilicultivo, en el momento de extirpar la vesícula, reveló la presencia de Salmonella typhi o paratyphi (AU)
Assuntos
Colecistectomia , Salmonella typhi , Salmonella paratyphi A , ChileRESUMO
El propósito de este estudio consistió en precisar la utilidad de la colecistectomía en la supresión del estado de portador de salmonelas, mediante el examen de deposiciones y bilis, en enfermos que habían sido operados y cuyo bilicultivo, en el momento de extirpar la vesícula, reveló la presencia de Salmonella typhi o paratyphi (AU)
Assuntos
Colecistectomia/estatística & dados numéricos , Salmonella typhi/isolamento & purificação , Salmonella paratyphi A/isolamento & purificação , ChileRESUMO
La elevada morbilidad de la fiebre tifoidea en Chile, junto a los datos demostrativos de que existe una correlación entre el estado portador de S. typhi y las colecistopatías encontradas en otros lugares, condujo a analizar 1.000 muestras de bilis de pacientes con colecistopatía. Los resultados indican que la prevalencia excepcionalmente elevada de colecistopatías en Chile constituye un factor importante en la transmisión de la fiebre tifoidea (AU)
Assuntos
Febre Tifoide , Colecistectomia , ChileRESUMO
La elevada morbilidad de la fiebre tifoidea en Chile, junto a los datos demostrativos de que existe una correlación entre el estado portador de S. typhi y las colecistopatías encontradas en otros lugares, condujo a analizar 1.000 muestras de bilis de pacientes con colecistopatía. Los resultados indican que la prevalencia excepcionalmente elevada de colecistopatías en Chile constituye un factor importante en la transmisión de la fiebre tifoidea (AU)
Assuntos
Febre Tifoide/transmissão , Colecistectomia/tendências , Chile/epidemiologiaRESUMO
El proposito de este estudio consistio en precisar la utilidad de la colecistectomia en la supresion del estado de portador de salmonelas, mediante el examen de deposiciones y bilis, en enfermos que habian sido operados y cuyo bilicultivo, en el momento de extirpar la vesicula, revelo la presencia de Salmonella typhi o paratyphi
Assuntos
Colecistectomia , Salmonella paratyphi A/isolamento & purificação , Salmonella typhi/isolamento & purificação , ChileRESUMO
La elevada morbilidad de la fiebre tifoidea en Chile, junto a los datos demostrativos de que existe una correlacion entre el estado de portador de S. typhi y las colecistopatias encontradas en otros lugares, condujo a analizar 1000 muestras de bilis de pacientes con colecistopatia. Los resultados indican que la prevalencia excepcionalmente elevada de colecistopatias en Chile constituye un factor importante en la transmision de la fiebre tifoidea