Clinical Profile and Prescription Patterns in Culture-proven Enteric Fever in Children

complications, and the duration of hospital stay.We also examined laboratory parameters, including total white blood cell (WBC) counts with a differential count, C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns.Additionally, we compared these parameters between culture-proven Salmonella typhi (S. typhi) and Salmonella paratyphi (S. paratyphi).We also studied antibiotic prescription patterns in enteric fever. Materials a n d MethodsWe conducted a retrospective analysis of hospital records, focusing on children aged 0-18 years with culture-proven enteric fever who received treatment either as outpatients or inpatients at Apollo Children's Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, between January 2018 and March 2023.We gathered demographic and clinical information, including age, sex, residence, the day of fever when the blood culture was taken, antibiotics administered before the culture, the day of fever defervescence after initiating treatment, associated 1,2,