[Typhoid fever imported from the tropic in Poland].

Abstract

We present three cases of typhoid fever imported to Poland from India in the beginning of the year 2006 treated in our Zoonosis and Tropical Medicine Department. Two of them, with mild course of the disease, were vaccinated with Typhim Vi vaccine, the third didn't obtain any, and had very heavy, almost classical course of the disease. All of them behaved in India in improper way, probably also because were convinced they were protected by the vaccine. We emphasize that proper prophylaxis against typhoid fever for travelers should consist of vaccination with two vaccines, oral Ty 21a and parenteral Typhim Vi and it doesn't release travelers from avoiding risky behavior.

• Authors: Maria Olszyńiska-Krowicka, Piotr Karol Borkowski
• Journal: Przeglad epidemiologiczny (Przegl Epidemiol) Vol. 61 Issue 1 Pg. 95-8 ( 2007) ISSN: 0033-2100 [Print] Poland
• Vernacular Title: Nowe zagrozenia ze strony duru brzusznego dla podrózujacych do krajów strefy tropikalnej.
• PMID: 17702446 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Infective Agents
• Ciprofloxacin

Topics

• Adult
• Anti-Infective Agents (therapeutic use)
• Ciprofloxacin (therapeutic use)
• Female
• Humans
• India
• Male
• Poland
• Salmonella typhi
• Travel
• Typhoid Fever (diagnosis, drug therapy)