Title: Dengue Salmonella Coinfection - A Case Report
Authors: Dr Anitha Ravindar, Dr Ashok Viswanath Nalankilli, Dr Fayaz Basha Saleem Basha
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v11i12.13
Abstract
Dengue is one of the most commonest viral infection that is present throughout the year with high rate of transmission during winter season due to increase in breeding of the transmission vector Aedes aegypti mosquito. It leads to various condtions like primary dengue fever, secondary dengue fever, thromocytopenia, hemorrhagic syndrome and shock syndrome .The bacterial diseases like Enteric fever, typhoid and paratyphoid fever is caused by the species Salmonella species. It is a gram negative bacilli belonging to Enterobacteriaceae, responsible for causing wide range of acute febrile illness in pediatric and adult patients. In South Asia, infectious diseases are associated with significant complications. typhoid, and dengue are the most common infectious diseases, and patients may be co-infected with these diseases, resulting in diagnostic and treatment dilemmas. In this study a we diagnose of case of Bacterial infection - Typhoid infection by utilizing a molecular technique (Truenat) in the patient with dengue infection(dengue co infection with Salmonella typhi).
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