Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC)
There is no objective data on the value of individual clinical symptoms or signs in the diagnosis of enteric fever in a febrile patient. The purpose ofthe study was to assess the value of some clinical and simple laboratory features in the diagnosis of enteric fever. One hundred & six patients with microbiologically confirmed enteric fever and 170 patients with other established febrile “illnesses were included in the evaluation. History of stepladder pattern of rise of temperature, loose motions, relative bradycardia and coated tongue proved to be powerful markers of enteric fever with high specificity (100%, 94.71%, 94.71%, 94.12% respectively)…