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Clinical and microbiological profile of a retrospective cohort of enteric fever in 2 Spanish tertiary hospitals.

Adrián Sánchez-Montalvá, Ángela Martínez-Pérez, José Antonio Pérez-Molina, Juan José González-López, Rogelio Lopez-Vélez, Fernando Salvador, Irene Sánchez, Anna M Planes, Israel Molina

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Article in Medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Epidemiological characteristics and trends of notified enteric fevers in Germany, 2001 to 2023.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025
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  3. The Emergence of Travel-related Infections in Critical Care Units.Journal of translational internal medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Adrián Sánchez-MontalváFrom the Department of Infectious Diseases, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, PROSICS Barcelona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona (AS-M, FS, IS, IM); Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, IRYCIS, Madrid (AM-P, AP-M, RL-V); and Department of Microbiology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, PROSICS Barcelona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (JJG-L, AMP).
Ángela Martínez-Pérez
José Antonio Pérez-Molina
Juan José González-López
Rogelio Lopez-Vélez
Fernando Salvador
Irene Sánchez
Anna M Planes
Israel Molina
Research Network (United States) · USVLP Therapeutics (United States) · USAquamarine Power (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enteric fever in high-income countries is diagnosed mainly in patients returning from endemic countries. We assess the clinical, microbiological, and prognosis aspects of enteric fever in 2 Spanish tertiary hospitals. A retrospective observational study was conducted at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and Ramón y Cajal University Hospital in Spain. We reviewed medical records of all patients who were diagnosed with enteric fever from January 2000 to January 2014 at these hospitals. We identified 47 patients with enteric fever episodes. According to their travel history, 35 (74.5%) patients had travelled to highly endemic countries. Imported enteric fever was acquired mainly in Asia (70.3%). Imported infections were implicated in travelers (48.6%), visiting friends and relatives (40%) and immigrants (11.4%). We found that 12 patients were diagnosed with enteric fever without a travel history (autochthonous infection). The resistance profile of the isolates showed decreased ciprofloxacin susceptibility in 66.7% of the imported group and 8.3% of the autochthonous group (P = 0.001). Salmonella strains from patients returning from Asia had an increased risk of having decreased ciprofloxacin susceptibility (odds ratio, 52.25; 95% confidence interval: 8.6-317.7). Patients with imported enteric fever are at higher risk for having a Salmonella strain with decreased ciprofloxacin susceptibility, especially in patients returning from Asia. Initial treatment with third-generation cephalosporin or azithromycin is strongly recommended until a drug-susceptibility test is available. Prevention strategies such as pretravel counseling and immunization before travel may be beneficial.

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AdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsAsiaDrug Resistance, BacterialFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesSpainTertiary Care CentersTravelTyphoid FeverAnti-Bacterial Agents

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PMID26020383
PMCPMC4616427
OpenAlexW407523085

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