Fiebre entérica en Madrid. Una revisión de los últimos 30 años |
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Authors: | Alfonso Cabello,Juan Francisco Bayona,Ricardo Ferná ndez-Roblas,Manuel Ferná ndez-Guerrero,José Manuel Ramos,Miguel de Gó rgolas |
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Affiliation: | 1. Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España;2. Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Toledo, Toledo, España;3. Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, España |
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Abstract: | BackgroundOur aim is analyze the epidemiological factors of enteric fever in Madrid (Spain) over the last 30 years.Material and methodsA retrospective review was conducted on cases of typhoid and paratyphoid fever studied in the Fundación Jiménez Díaz (Madrid) between 1980 and 2010. Two similar periods in time were studied (P1: 1980-1993; P2: 1994-2010).ResultsThere was a total of 61 confirmed cases of enteric fever: 51 (84%) were typhoid and 10 were paratyphoid: 45 patients were native Spanish (40 belonging to P1) and 16 were immigrants (15 in P2, with 11 of them coming from the Indian sub-continent).ConclusionEnteric fever must be present in the differential diagnosis of persistent fever without clear focus in immigrants, mainly from the Indian subcontinent, and travelers from endemic areas. |
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Keywords: | Fiebre enté rica Salmonella enterica Typhi Salmonella enterica Paratyphi Españ a Epidemiologí a Inmigració n |
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