An attempt was made to evaluate the clinical diagnosis of febrile ´patients with bacteriological viewpoints, which epidemic seemed to be that of typhoid fever clinically.
The total of 101 cases admitted were examined bacteriologically after 2 weeks of onset. Twenty one strains of various pathogens of 3 genera were isolated: 17 strains of S. typhi, 2 strains of S. paratyphi C and 2 strains of Shigella boydii.
Significant rise of agglutinin titers were found in 12 cases among total 97 cases of suspected typhoid fever, when tesed with paired sera. Among these 12 Widal positive cases, 4 were confirmed bacteriologically.
Most of Salmonella typhi isolated were sensitive to Chrolamphenicol, Amphicillin and ;Gentamycin significantly, but resistant to Erythromycin, Penicillin and Chloxacillin.
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