Temperature will be measured six hourly during admission and then at all follow-up visits using a consistent method in order to evaluate fever clearance.
S. Typhimurium infection in mice is often used as a model of typhoid fever, due to the host-restriction of S. Typhi and the absence of a small animal model to evaluate typhoid fever caused by S. Typhi.
Solicited systemic variables evaluated included fever, chills, malaise, headache, photophobia, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, myalgia, arthralgia and rash.
The symptoms evaluated were fever, cough, rhinorrhea, dyspnea, nasal congestion, thoracic pain, headache, diarrhea, and vomiting.
In young infants evaluated for fever, leukocytes in urine reflect the likelihood of bacteriuric sepsis.
Before being used for experiments, calves were clinically evaluated for fever and infection with Salmonella and E. coli 0157 H7.
During the critical period of 5 42 days after AZT MDA, 46 and 48 children in the treatment and control villages, respectively, were evaluated for fever.
In addition, urine samples were obtained from 23 KD and 23 age-similar FI control patients evaluated for fever at Rady Children's Hospital San Diego.
To evaluate whether fever was a predictor of viral load, a linear regression model was fit by using viral load as the dependent variable.
